Object Name:
Helmet
Year Range from:
1915
Year Range to:
1930
Description:
Refurbished French WWI Helmet.
Exterior - metal
Interior - leather
Leather chin strap
Front and rear brim
Front of helmet has an embossed branch insignia in the form of a grenade, for line infantry and cavalry, with the letters RF in the center of the insignia.
9 x 2 inch metal piece riveted to the top of helmet is a deflector crest for deflecting falling shrapnel into the trenches.
The M15 Adrian helmet (French: Casque Adrian) was a combat helmet issued to the French Army during World War I. It was the first standard helmet of the French Army and was designed when millions of French troops were engaged in trench warfare, and head wounds from the falling shrapnel generated by the new technique of indirect fire became a frequent cause of battlefield casualties. Introduced in 1915, it was the first modern steel helmet and it served as the basic helmet of many armies well into the 1930s. Initially issued to infantry soldiers, in modified form they were also issued to cavalry and tank crews.
Exterior - metal
Interior - leather
Leather chin strap
Front and rear brim
Front of helmet has an embossed branch insignia in the form of a grenade, for line infantry and cavalry, with the letters RF in the center of the insignia.
9 x 2 inch metal piece riveted to the top of helmet is a deflector crest for deflecting falling shrapnel into the trenches.
The M15 Adrian helmet (French: Casque Adrian) was a combat helmet issued to the French Army during World War I. It was the first standard helmet of the French Army and was designed when millions of French troops were engaged in trench warfare, and head wounds from the falling shrapnel generated by the new technique of indirect fire became a frequent cause of battlefield casualties. Introduced in 1915, it was the first modern steel helmet and it served as the basic helmet of many armies well into the 1930s. Initially issued to infantry soldiers, in modified form they were also issued to cavalry and tank crews.
Other Name:
Refurbished M15 Adrian helmet
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