Looks like WW1 German stormtroopers to me.
Edit. The place would be the Western Front but that’s just a guess.
he he… Wrong both place and time… 
Oh bugger!
Freikorps? That would put them in any of a few years from 1919 onward.
Nicht!!! Ich nicht ein Berliner!
These StarWars like fellows are not Germans…
If it wasn’t for the gun I’d say they just stood up from the Round Table, Camelot, about 500 AD.
1930s Irish army? In civil defence role?
nope!
Ok… the first letter of the country is … “P”
Hmmm… list of countries starting with “P”:
Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Palau – Republic of Palau
Palestine – Palestinian Territories[35]
Panama – Republic of Panama
Papua New Guinea – Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
Peru – Republic of Peru
Philippines – Republic of the Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Poland – Republic of Poland
Portugal – Portuguese Republic
Of these, the following are plausible:
Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
Peru – Republic of Peru
Poland – Republic of Poland
Portugal – Portuguese Republic
If I had to bet, I’d go for Paraguay. Rather a lot of transplanted Germans ended up there at one time or another. Second bet would be Poland pre-1939. That appears to be either a WW1 design Stahlhelm, and IIRC I’ve seen body armour similar to that in some WW1 images as well (to protect against shrapnel). The shield is a new one on me, but is presumably riot gear.
It’s unlikely to be Portugal as they were on the allied side in WW1 so would wear either Brodie or Adrian helmets if they weren’t wearing one of their own design.
A wise man talking.
Indeed. Polish police in 1930s.
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff124/sarmata_2007/policja8xl.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff124/sarmata_2007/polski467.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff124/sarmata_2007/025a.jpg
More helmet fun. Where does this one come from?
germany
Germany sounds like an too easy answer. There was other countries that had the same heltmet as Germany did.
Indeed. It isn’t Germany, as the badge on the front should make obvious. As a big, big hint this country didn’t even exist during WW1.
Is is Albania or Hungary?
How about west or east Germany?
Please try to read the thread through…
Come on guys, this was supposed to be an easy one.
As another hint, I’ve recently rebuked RS* for swearing in the language of this country on the board!
Given my linguistic versatility in the swearing area and the mod rebukes it has earned me, that doesn’t necessarily narrow it down. 
Anyway, I’m off for Guinness now.
Czech?