M1915 Belgian Adrian Helmet

[Adravor]

Hello Forum,

I´ve come across this quite nice looking Belgian Adrian Helmet, which should have been used by the gendamerie, judging by its paint.
Am i correct in saying its the WW1 used 1915 model?
If it is, i´m thinking about aquiring it, so if anyone sees any red flags about it, any comment would be greatly appreciated, as i´m normally collecting more german helmets, and have no real knowledge about Adrian helmets.

All help and opinions would be greatly appreciated!

Regards,
Adravor

[HetzersGonnaHetz]

Hi Adravor

Looks a real beauty. The French began supplying the Belgians the M1915 in November of that year and by June 1916 over 200,000 had been sent. In the 1920's some were donated to the Gendarme and these are the ones we see painted shiny black. The Belgians did start to make a simplified M1920 model, with the visor and neck guard in one piece rather than two, but from these pictures it looks like those parts are separate pieces and so this is an M1915 in my eyes.

It looks like it has a 1st Type Liner due to it having 7 tongues, rather than 6, and it being a single piece construction, rather than a 2 piece. This change was made in 1916 from what I am aware, but I'm not sure at what point in 1916. My Adrian knowledge is fairly intermediate and stops about here

Have you got any more photos? possibly one of the fabric on the underside of the linerband?

Regards
Harvey

[HetzersGonnaHetz]

World War Helmets - Reference de casques de 1915 a nos jours.

Where I get my information from RE Adrian Helmets, there aren't a great number of sources otherwise from what I've found.