Figure 16. RKKA ‘Protective Goggles’. A heavy course grained leather with thick glass and grey painted or nickel plated steel frame version; was used by RKKA motorised troops from 1934 until early WWII, when leatherette took over. Of all the versions of the type these are the largest, heaviest and rarest. They usually had a simple two piece strap, which tied together at the back. This image is from early 1941.