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Totally agree, as you know casque's are my favourite collecting genre, and the venerable F1 rates very highly in my favourite steel helmet design/shape ... classic pre-compositecool militaria

Thanks James,glad you like it. I am always on the look out for F1 models so when this one came up I could not resistcool militaria

Hi All, here's another example I picked up recently from ebay..for the mighty sum of 99p!
Of particular interest is the makers mark of Dunois and Gallet (who merged in 1990), also It did not come...

Thanks James, your completely right, I ditched the cover, put a Salade net, and car door trim on the shell, and it looked much better on display!

I too assume it was used in the "Gulf", or...

Here's another F1 , this came with the later version of the Desert cover, and the remnants of a sandy coloured paint finish?

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Hi James. It could be that it has a second series crown pad ( being fingered) fitted onto a first series cradle, I have a few like this myself.

I suppose my second query is ,is the cradle attached...

Hi James.

Yes it does appear to be Salmon pink in the Picture, LOL.

I got this F1 from France , and this is the way it came, I guess it could be A- A legion Lid, B- A French Airsoft piece
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Hi Greg, yep I got the impression your not too keen on camo covers, but bear in mind F1 helmets were never worn without a cover, so camo covers are fundamentally important to encapsulating the F1...

Hi James.

Many thanks for the praise, and I don't mind you posting your superb example at all, in fact I'm glad you have, perhaps the other members will post their examples in this thread too, it...

Guy's ,This F1 is 3e Régiment étranger d'infanterie.( 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment), The regiment is stationed in French Guiana.

Hope you like this one, as it's one of my favourites!

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And some more, hopefully these show the variations of covers used in various conflicts of the Forces armées françaises.

This one has a Daguet cover ( Desert Storm) 1991.

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Hi Guys.

Thought you might like to see more of my F 1 Helmets.

Feel free to comment, and thanks for looking.

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F1 with M-64 Jacket hood. Of the type used in Beirut
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