Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very difficult type of helmet to find, known as the Chars de Combat helmet or Armored vehicle helmet. Features a steel skull shell with rear visor and front leather brow pad. These helmets were issued to armored vehicle and tank crews in the French military before and during World War Two.
The helmet still features much of its original paint and has an RF (République Française) flaming bomb badge with "Knight’s Helmet over Crossed Cannons", the emblem for Armored artillery. Some of the tank forces were considered artillery, and this badge shows no signs of replacement, so it is definitely original to the helmet. We have found other examples of this type of helmet with the Artillery badge. This helmet has the integrated liner & chinstrap.
Condition is good, though There are definitely some dents and damage to the helmet exterior from service. The leather brow pad is still intact, with a nice matured brown color. The liner is definitely worn, but is still attached to the mounting brackets.
Size is approximately a US 7 (56cm). A scarce helmet to find and in very good overall condition. A helmet certainly encountered on the Maginot Line and at the early days of the fall of France 1940.
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