French M-26

[ruddersrangers44]

Thanks for the great info Stevehave to say there's a massive price change from Ebay to the Collectors guide,personally there good Helmets but at that sort of price might have to give them a miss............

[Opex]

Hi Steve, I am very glad you posted your superb collection onto this thread, I can honestly say I could not pick a favourite as they are all equally desirable. Also great explanation on your theory behind the prices, many thanks

[Opex]

Nice collection of adrians overall.
Not sure if you want me to go into detail on all of them.

Any information shared is good information , please feel free to add any detail's Magic

[ruddersrangers44]

The Collectors Guild has these for sale at the moment which make nice
additions to the thread.

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The Collector's Guild

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The Collector's Guild

I know most items on that site are consignment Helmets and therefore the site owner has no control over the pricing but still "how much for one of these Helmets..................

[HARRY THE MOLE]

Thanks for showing your collection, very nice indeed. I'm quite fond of these helmets myself. I have three, but mine are all WW1 - so it was nice to see some later models.

[Opex]

[QUOTE=James C;1277372]a superb collection of adrian's steve so thanks for taking the time to show us all here's my only m-26 example this is a typical example of a put together lid ,the insignia badge is aged repo also the chinstrap and the liner looks to be made from a plasticised fabric so can only be post war im also sure the date on the shell says 1954 .

Hi James, many thanks for posting your example , the date is intriguing the date does look like 1954? I wonder if the liner is a Gendarmerie issued example

[Tinhat]

Hi Steve, I am very glad you posted your superb collection onto this thread, I can honestly say I could not pick a favourite as they are all equally desirable.

Actually I owe you the thanks, to my shame these have been in a box for some time, so it was nice the get them out and remind me how much i like these helmets.
Steve.

[Tinhat]

Thanks for showing your collection, very nice indeed. I'm quite fond of these helmets myself. I have three, but mine are all WW1 - so it was nice to see some later models.

Maybe we should start an M15 thread, I've got the some of them as well.

[Opex]

Actually I owe you the thanks, to my shame these have been in a box for some time, so it was nice the get them out and remind me how much i like these helmets.
Steve.

Hi Steve, I and many others are glad you did, and yes they are far to nice to stored away. To my shame and some annoyance I do not have space to display my helmet collection, so in the main they sit in boxes in storage, at least we get to show them this way