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The Adrian helmet (French: Casque Adrian) was an influential design of combat helmet originally produced for the French Army during World War I. Its original version, the M15, was the first standard helmet of the French Army and was designed when millions of French troops were engaged in trench warfare, and head wounds from the falling shrapnel ...
The French supplied their Russian allies with Adrian helmets during the First World War. These were used following the Russian Civil War by the Soviet Red Army, complete with new “Red Star” insignia. The Soviets produced their own domestic version of this helmet before adopting their own designs.
In 1915 an official protective helmet was introduced and it has been forever tied to its creator, Adrian, who based the design on helmets used by Parisian firefighters.
A French Model 1915 “Adrian” with engineer badge and late-war dark blue paint. Some French soldiers already wore helmets. These were the First and Second Empire gilded helmets for mounted troops, including cuirassiers and dragoons, and infantry personnel like sappers.
In fact, a recent study done by a team of Duke University researchers finds that the 105-year-old "Adrian" helmet used by the French army in World War I can provide better blast protection than...
They rushed to develop the first modern combat helmet and soon issued to all French army soldiers their lifesaving creation, the Model 1915 “Adrian” steel helmet. Thanks solely to the French soldier and his soup bowl, by 1916 all of the war’s major powers began using steel helmets.
The M15 Adrian helmet (French) was a combat helmet issued to the French Army during World War I. It was the first standard helmet of the French Army and was designed when millions of French troops were engaged in trench warfare, and head wounds from the falling shrapnel generated by the new...