French Model 1878 Pith Helmet

Peter_Suciu

Peter_Suciu

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This is another recent pick up from my trip to Europe. This is the rarer Model 1878 pith helmet.

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This is 1895 dated poster depicting the French invasion of Madagascar (From the collection of Le musée de l'Armée ). I'd love to own this poster!


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James LeBrasseur said:
peter- looks like you had a very good trip abroad, 3 helmets WOW!
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Actually four helmets. I also picked up a WWII era Britsh MkIII Turtleshell. Strangely you don't see those in the United States much, even though the Canadians used them at D-Day. Odd, but the one I saw at SOS was $300. I put that down quickly. Needless to say I didn't pay that in the U.K.

And thank you the trip was very good. I saw a LOT of great stuff.
 
Very nice Peter! Congratulations. I am very glad that we expanded the forum to include this General Headgear section, it is a real education for me. I would love to have that poster on my wall as well. Thanks for the posting
 
Nice Pith helmet.
Would like to see the Turtle , Canada's 3rd Div used them as did some of the Brittish troop's. They were not very popular. Canada made some in the 50's . But the WW2 issue ones are very rare and 300 was not really that bad for a good Helmet.
Mark
P.S. I love that poster as well.
 
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