Fidel Castro’s Personal Worn & Signed Military HelmetA Soviet Union military helmet worn and signed by Fidel Castro. History This is one of just two helmets the Soviet Union gifted to Fidel Castro in 1961. It formed part of a Soviet consignment of protective military equipment that Castro used. Castro was first seen in public wearing one of the two helmets in 1963, when he travelled to the worst hit parts of Cuba that had been destroyed by Hurricane Flora. Before he wore the military helmet, like all of