French Military Police helmet M1912 for your comments

aterrasse · Contributor Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Posts: 57 Location: UK

Dear All,

Some of you have requested some pics of my French military police M1912 so here we are. These types of helmets were still in use in the french army until 1915!

Please feel free to make all the comments you wish.

Best regards to you All

Alex

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Liongules · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject:

Beautiful helmet, Alex!
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Mike Dwyer

Gott, Kaiser, Vaterland!

J.LeBrasseur · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject:

I love it! I would love to get an example of this type of helmet, but know nothing about French helmets!

James
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zipperheads9 · Moderator Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 965 Location: Ontario

the French had a overstatment complex for uetiful helmet's . VERY NICE.
Mark

JR92 · Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:27 pm Post subject:

Hello,
Please, not "Police", but "Gendarmerie".
This one is for mounted Gendarme (With tail)

Best regards Dancing

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aterrasse · Contributor Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Posts: 57 Location: UK

b.loree · Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:16 pm Post subject:

Being ignorant of the characteristics of these French helmets, I would like to know how you both know that this is a mounted gendarmerie helmet. Beautiful helme by the way. Brian
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aterrasse · Contributor Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Posts: 57 Location: UK

911car · Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:41 pm Post subject:

Because of the yellow matal shell and white fittings, Brian. Cuirassier and Dragon helmets were the same, but colors were inverted (white metal shell and yellow fittings and chinscales)
Bruno

aterrasse · Contributor Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Posts: 57 Location: UK

JR92 · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:34 am Post subject:

Hello,

J.LeBrasseur · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:13 am Post subject:

I would love to know more, thanks for sharing!
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JR92 · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:12 pm Post subject:

Hello,

Some differences :
Left, Dragoon, Right, Gendarme
Dragoon, Back : 2 parts more , 6 studs Gendarme: Back : one part more, 4 studs
Dragoon Chinstrap : circles Gendarme Chinstrap : Lion's heads

The "cimiers' (tops) have not the same shape (Dragoon's is taller), and the mottos are different.

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zipperheads9 · Moderator Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 965 Location: Ontario

Can you show the Dragoon. currassier. and carbinier helm's and if there are differences between the cavalry ones. love French militery metal helmet's.

Peter_Suciu · Moderator Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 525

Very nice helmets. I may have to ask members for photos when I write the article on heavy cavalry headgear!

JR92 · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:26 am Post subject:

Hello,

Here some others

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monfort

Treebs · Lite Contributor Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 7

Good evening! I apreciate that this is in reply to your post from years ago but....... I have got a 1912 gendarmes helmet exactly like yours but where-as the helmet shell on yours is brass, mine is a dark brown colour. on my helmet all the other fittings are brass. The horsehair tail is long and the chinstrap rossettes are the lionhead type. I have never seen a helmet like mine! do you know of any reason why the body of my helmet would be a bark brown colour?
Mine has the oval stamp under the horsehair tail and certainly looks original.
I could email you pictures if it would help? my email address is robertsharp1977@hotmail.co.uk
I am having difficulty putting pics on pickelhaubes.com.
Many thanks.
Rob.

Gustaf · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject:

Hey Rob,
In order to post photos on the site, you need to host them on another site, such as photobucket of imageshack.
Bes twihses
Gus
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