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John, you have an amazing collection, really have enjoyed you sharing your items with us.

Here is a US made French 75mm with a 24/31 Mod 1916 time and percussion fuse. Overall great condition, driving band has a small section missing.

Gildwiller1918, 72usmc, Fritz, phantom, KennyAndrew, Eddieq, and leon21: Hello. Thank each and everyone of you for all the recent likes, greatly appreciated. Best regards, John R.

Hello all, I've been exploring some of the German helmet variations (with significant help from Fritz and Kenny - much appreciated). During my internet research I also keep stumbling across a variation of Adrian helmets - each with ornate designs. I particularly like the polish legion design (puts me in mind of Crimean/Napoleonic infantry). My question is 2 fold, are these helmets desirable (as they seem to be significantly cheaper than German equivalents) and linked to this are they often faked? (If so is there any tell tale signs of legitimacy). Thanks in advance.

Some additional WWI era Adrians from my collection.

Wow that's some serious wear and tear! Thanks

Hi Rank, looks like a badly worn Peruvian Model 1934 Adrian Helmet, the center of the badge should have a face, which seems to have worn off.

Hi everyone, I've found another badge/symbol that has me stumped. Does anyone have an idea if this pleated circular plate is a badge or something that's been added (it's on an Adrian helmet) Thanks in advance

Great, thanks for your continued indulgence. My next move is to see if I can find the triangular badge missing from the front to try and identify my example. Any suggestions would help - strangely I find myself becoming obsessed with investigating wartime helmets I think I've caught the bug

In my research, there seems to be a mixture of the fully blue/green ones and ones that have chrome bits (see example). Am I right in thinking that the chrome pieces indicate that the helmet was non-combat. I assume this based on the fact I wouldn't want to be sitting in a trench or bunker with a shiny hat on

Thanks for the info it's all helping me get a grasp of what i'm looking at when researching.

Thanks Kenny, after a bit more research I believe it ww2 civic defence rather different to the ww1 combat shell it is being sold as.

In that condition I think you would be better to pass on it anyway.

After some research I believe this helmet to be ww2 - it's being sold as ww1 which threw me off a bit.

Again your detailed reply is much appreciated Fritz. I have one more request and then I'll stop asking for advice (for now at least ). This helmet is currently for sale - Is there any indicators of authenticity. Is it like the German helmets, should they have makers marks in a specific place? Thanks in advance.