French Casque est non cher!!

**gaz232sqn** · 01-19-2010, 09:14 PM

Bonjour Mates,

I picked up this little beauty recently, very cheaply !!

Shame really cos it's a quality build piece of kit, manafactured in 1938,... and sat in a market place all on it's ownsome.....Bought for a few Euros... shipped back on a ferry.... feel a bit seasick...too much salt on me chips.... how much for that coffee??... put on a dummy's head .... photos taken... put on the web......

Ladies and gentlemen , I present to you the joy of the...........

" Duty free ,buy wine cheaply, and pick up an Adrian M-26 helmet, booze cruise"
(I should charge Brittany Ferries for this free plug!)

Bientot .

Cheers
Gaz

**Pierre N** · 01-20-2010, 12:34 AM

nice french helmet ! first time for me i see a adrian helmet with the anchor (navy) the stamp Vincennes, may be a city of Vincennes?

**magicdutchmen** · 01-20-2010, 11:11 AM

Would like to see some better pictures of the outside paint and rivets. Is the helmet brim magnetic?
maker: J. DUNOIS & FILS / VINCENNES, so you are correct Pierre.

**gaz232sqn** · 01-20-2010, 06:42 PM

by Pierre N

nice french helmet ! first time for me i see a adrian helmet with the anchor (navy) the stamp Vincennes, may be a city of Vincennes?

Bonjour Pierre,

I am really not to sure about the badge, i thought it was colonial ?, maybe north africa ??, thats what i was imformed ,i will do some research i think, but the condition is all the better for a bit of my TLC, the leather was not so good ( dried out)

A bientot

Gaz

**gaz232sqn** · 01-20-2010, 06:56 PM

by magicdutchmen

Would like to see some better pictures of the outside paint and rivets. Is the helmet brim magnetic?
maker: J. DUNOIS & FILS / VINCENNES, so you are correct Pierre.

Hi Mate,

I have posted these pictures to hopefully show you the rivets, I have scraped a bit of paint off to see whats below, the rivets holding on the "plume" are aluminium, the ones on the helmet are brass., i don't think the rim is magnetic.
Hope this helps!

Cheers
Gaz