Adrian Mle 1915

The Adrian Mle 1915 helmet is nowadays one of the main symbols of World War I. The helmet was the first widely used modern helmet. During World War I it was the basic helmet of the French army, during World War II it was replaced by the Adrian Mle 1926 helmet. It was designed by Colonel Louis Adrian based on the helmets worn by Paris firefighters at that time. Helmets were widely exported and produced in other countries such as Poland and Belgium. The entire helmet is made of steel sheet with embossed front and rear vizor, on the front it has a distinguishing emblem of a burning grenade with the initials "RF" which is an abbreviation of "République Française" which means "French Republic". A distinguishing element of this helmet is also the "Iroquois" running along the entire length of the helmet. It probably served only as a protection for the head vent or was a purely decorative part of the helmet because the sheet metal it is made of is too thin to even deflect the bullet, let alone stop it. The original whole, including the case, weighed approximately 0.76 kg (approximately 1.68 pounds).