Type of helmet

[stiletto_33853]

Any ideas folks as to this helmet??

Not a brodie and does not look like french.

Andy

[scottmarchand]

Adrian helmet with a canvas cover, I think you are getting thrown off by the chimney on the building behind him seeming to look like a crest. Brit officers did occaisiosnally use them, Churchill prefered them. From your picture I can't tell if he is British or French...

[Heid the Ba]

Looks too narrow and too high on the head for an Adrian, of course the bloke could have an oddly shaped head. The ridge is right for an Adrian, but there isn't the usual lip. An experimental model?

*awaits correction*

[stiletto_33853]

Scott and Heid the Ba,

Many thanks for the replies, another view without the building there. He is a British officer Scott.

Andy

[Heid the Ba]

Looks more like an Adrian in that photo.

[squirrel]

Could it not just be a riding helmet?

[centurion]

There was a Belgian helmet produced in 1918 that was a simplified version of the Adrian type helmet - it didn't have the ridge for example. Might fit the bill.

[stiletto_33853]

Hi Centurion,

Many thanks, and thanks to everyone that helped. The photographs all come from mid 1915 until September 1917 so I do not think the later Belgium helmet mentioned would fit.

Andy

[Peter Doyle]

For what its worth My view is that this is an Adrian-type with cover - the cover has the effect of muting the outline a bit, and there does seem to be a ridge, a la Adrian.

Cheers

Peter

[stiletto_33853]

Thanks Peter.

Andy

[Krithia]

Yep, definately an Adrian with cloth cover. Nice pic.