Original Italian WWI M16 “Lippmann Model” French Adrian Helmet - Battle Damaged OPTIONS_HIDDEN_PRODUCT indicating service on this vessel

indicating service on this vessel during the Napoleonic Wars

and during his reign Ethiopia was invaded by BENITO MUSSOLINI'S Fascist armies

It turned out that it was poorly placed and subject to frequent breakage so later models had a lead-in extending from beneath the edge of the helmet

Sea Fowles & Moor Fowles

Original Italian WWI M16 “Lippmann Model” French Adrian Helmet - Battle Damaged OPTIONS_HIDDEN_PRODUCT indicating service on this vesselOriginal Item: Only One Available. Excellent genuine World War I Model 1916 Italian Army "Adrian" helmet, which was produced under contract by the French. These early war contract helmets are essentially identical to the regular French M1915 Adrian helmets, however they were painted green, instead of the "Horizon Blue" that the French used. Later Italy would produce its own simplified version, which featured a welded on comb and single piece shell,