There is a lot of headgear that falls under the 1979-89 Soviet 'Incursion into Afghanistan' time frame. I've collected some over the years and added a few more recently. This is one shelf of 8 pieces of headgear in my room;

 

 

Motor Rifles NCO parade visor Afghanka field cap Afghan man's hat Soviet Air Force officer's everyday visor

SSh-40 helmet Panamanka field cap Soviet tanker helmet SSh-68 steel helmet with KVS camo cover

Nice pile of hats. Never got any visor hats. Rich A. in Pa.

Thanks! The late Soviet-era visors are really cheaply made with plastic visors and straps.

I got my stuff from a guy that was in Islamabad working for The Asian Studies Center.. He sent me a bunch of stuff. Rich A. in Pa.

At least one of those hats came from a friend (major, special operations command, US Army) when he was stationed in Afghanistan. This was back in 03-04 and when I asked him what he was doing there, his answer was, "I can't say, but if we find him, I'll send you his hat."

That's cool. Rich A. in Pa.

Nice hats!