Original French WWI Issue Model 1915 Infantry Adrian Helmet in Horizon Blue with Scarce 1st Pattern Liner & Period Newspapers Used as Liner Padding Japanese Uniforms In the immediate postwar years

In the immediate postwar years

Action: Side Action Percussion

was obsolete by 1939

Grips are the standard hard black phenolic type

Aluminum Messkits of this type were also used in the 1920s-1930s before

Original French WWI Issue Model 1915 Infantry Adrian Helmet in Horizon Blue with Scarce 1st Pattern Liner & Period Newspapers Used as Liner Padding Japanese Uniforms In the immediate postwar yearsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an authentic World War I M 1915 French Army "Adrian" steel helmet, which appears to have been well used. The original French "Flaming Bomb" badge is still present on the front of the helmet, with the standard R F on the "bomb" standing for Republique Francaise. This badge is typically used on standard Infantry issue helmets. The helmet seems to have been painted at least once, but without any evidence of