WW1 Romanian 1915-17 Adrian Helmet

A rare untouched M15 Romanian Adrian helmet with its original Romanian badge to front.
Romania ordered 200,000 Adrian helmets from the French at the end of 1916 with only around 90,000 being supplied. They are known as the Romanian Adrian Model 1915-17 & , apart from the badge , are identical to the French helmet. This particular example has its Romanian badge still firmly affixed to the front , this being the royal cipher of King Ferdinand 1 with with two stylised back to back 'Fs' & a central numeral '1' surmounted by a crown. The helmet has a multi construction leather liner with the ink stamped maker to crown ' Le Jouet De Paris' . Chinstrap is present but delicate with one end detached.

Romania entered the war in August 1916 when it declared war on Austria & moved troops into Transylvannia. Suffering heavy losses during a swift German advance the government was forced to evacuate its capital city of Bucharest . Suffering some 335,000 war dead the Romanian Adrian helmet is very difficult to find today.

Code: 9892