WW1 French Infantry Adrian Helmet with Souvenir Plaque "Soldat De La Grande Guerre 1914-1918

*WW1 French Infantry Adrian Helmet with Souvenir Plaque "Soldat De La Grande Guerre 1914-1918"*

A fantastic WW1 souvenir plaqued Adrian helmet. An early piece which retains the lighter blue grey factory paint of early M15 Adrian helmets. This a second model Adrian Helmet displaying the reinforcing rivets at the joint of the neck guard.

With its original flaming grenade badge of Infantry to front it has its correct WW1 brown leather chinstrap still affixed to front. Helmets of demobilised officers & other ranks were officially decorated with the brass 'Soldat De La Grande Guerre 1914-1918' (Soldier Of The Great War 1914-1918) souvenir plaques as of 16th April 1919 and were issued by the state of France as a recognition of service. Many were engraved with the soldiers name. This is an unengraved example. The one piece liner is lined with offcuts of the blue wool trousers - the 1915 Horizon Blue issue.

19x21cm

*Condition*
This helmet is in excellent condition. It has a ding to the left hand side and one or two smaller dings. one of the six tongued sections of the leather liner is gone and the other tongues are worn as you'd expect for an item of this age. Please see photographs as part of the condition report.

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