Original French WWI Model 1915 Adrian Helmet Shell in Horizon Blue with Siam Thailand Badge Fusee Spring & Cover with great looking decal

with great looking decal

5 heavy machine gun (KPV is an initialism for Krupnokaliberniy Pulemyot Vladimirova

orderliness

which definitely shows period wear

and the underside is faintly marked serial number 14657

Original French WWI Model 1915 Adrian Helmet Shell in Horizon Blue with Siam Thailand Badge Fusee Spring & Cover with great looking decalOriginal Item: Only One Available. At the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, soldiers in the French Army wore the standard kepi cap, which provided no protection against injury. The early stages of trench warfare proved that even basic protection of the head would result in a significantly lower mortality rate among front line soldiers. By the beginning of 1915, a rudimentary steel skull cap (calotte mtallique, cervelire) was being issued to be