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French
M15 Adrian (Medical Corps badge)
"Chain screens on steel helmet to protect soldiers'
eyes from fragments of shell, rock, etc.; manufactured by
E. J. Codd Company, Baltimore, Maryland. E. J. Todd Company."
Circa 1918 (National Archives, NWDNS-165-WW-192B(3))
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French
M15 "Adrian"
"French troopers under General Gouraud, with their
machine guns amongst the ruins of a cathedral near the Marne,
driving back the Germans." 1918. Central News Photo
Service, (National Archives, NWDNS-165-WW-286(36))
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US
M1917
"Manufacturing helmets. Large power press for shaping
helmets in the plant of Hale & Kilburn Corporation, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Hale & Kilburn Company." Circa
1918 (National Archives, NWDNS-165-WW-59C(6)
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M1917
"American soldiers on the Piave
front hurling a shower of hand grenades into the Austrian
trenches. Varage, Italy." September 16, 1918.(National
Archives, NWDNS-111-SC-24936)
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Czechoslovakia,
M15 "Adrian"
Czechoslovak legion member cpt. Kadlec in Russia, 1919.
Note the "flower" made from red/white ribbon used
in place of badge. (photo courtesy of Collect
Helmets)
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Czechoslovakia,
vz. 19 (M19) helmet
Originally an Austrian M17 helmet, later with replaced chinstrap
and painted khaki. Czechoslovak cannoneers on military manoeuvres,
1930’s. (photo courtesy of Collect
Helmets)
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Czechoslovakia,
vz. 32 (M32) helmet
Infantry on military manoeuvres. Note the training colour
bands on their helmets, 1930’s. (photo courtesy of Collect
Helmets)
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Italian
M33 helmet
Militare Italiano appartenente al Genio Ferrovieri nei Balcani,
1941. Notare il sottogola tirato sopra la falda anteriore.
(foto cortesia di Avanti
Savoia!)
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Italian
M33 helmet
Italian officers on the Greek-Albanian front in 1941 (courtesy
of Lorenzo Gabbanini).
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Italian
M33 helmet
Italian officers on the Greek-Albanian front in 1941 (courtesy
of Lorenzo Gabbanini).
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British
MkII helmet
"A sniper in the town of Cupa, Italy".
1943 (National Archives, NLR-PHOCO-A-65688(7))
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US
M1
"Two Ohio Coast Guardsmen [John R. Smith, on the
left, and Daniel J. Kaczorowski] stand at their gun aboard
a Coast Guard-manned invasion transport on which they served
during the invasion of Normandy.". (National Archives,
NWDNS-26-G-2624)
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US
M1
"Coast Guardsman Charles Tyner, Fireman first class,
examines the jagged shrapnel hole in the helmet he wore during
the initial assault on the beaches of Southern France... Tyner
suffered just a superficial scratch... .". (National
Archives, NWDNS-26-G-2748)
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British
R.A.C. Mk I helmet
Czechoslovak soldiers during attack. Ghyvelde, near Dunkerque.
France, 28 October 1944. (photo courtesy of Collect
Helmets)
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French
M26 and US M1
"Two smiling French soldiers fill the hands of American
soldiers with candy, in Rouffach, France, after the closing
of the Colmar pocket.". 5 Feb 1945 (National Archives,
NWDNS-111-SC-199861-S)
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US
M1 and Tanker helmet Model 1938
"A tank sunk in 5 feet of water waits for towing
equipment. The Tank Commander gives vent to his feelings with
a string of unprintable phraseology, while his driver uses
a helmet to bale out the interior. Okinawa."
(National Archives, NWDNS-111-SC-209070) May,1945.
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German
M35 helmet
Soldiers of „Vladni Vojsko“ at barricade. Note
the Czech national colors on M35 helmet of the front soldier.
Prague, May 1945 (photo courtesy of Collect
Helmets)
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