Original French Model 1978 F1 Blue Steel Parade Helmet Hand Select:No Original Item: The most advanced

Original Item: The most advanced artillery in use during the American Civil War had rifled bores

original WW2 style stirrup pumps which when used with a pail of water could direct a continuous jet of water up to 20 feet away on any flaming object

Often this required the Finns to make an extra hole under the vent to attach the chin strap

We have only a very few and each has a WW2 date

Original French Model 1978 F1 Blue Steel Parade Helmet Hand Select:No Original Item: The most advancedOriginal Item: This was the final steel helmet used by the French army. It was developed in the 1970s and used throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Both the Army and Gendarmerie Mobile, a division of the Gendarmerie used to secure public order under any circumstances, used the French Model 1978 F1. This version has a glossy blue finish and features a gold "RF" (Republic Francaise) flaming grenade badge on the front. The interior usually includes a