The French Helmet's Practical Success

Titolo: The French Helmet's Practical Success
Oggetto: en Technology; en Personal protection (helmets)
Article Title and/or Image Caption: The French Helmet's Practical Success
extracted text: ‘The new field equipment of the French infantryman. The French have gone far in their
efforts to substitute for their comic-opera uniforms of blue and red a practical fighting costume,
and they may now be considered as well clothed as any soldiers in the field. The steel
helmet is the latest addition, and met with instant favor among the fighting men. The
helmet is admirably designed, and tends to prevent the multitude of head injuries which
have swelled the mortality rate. The illustrations of damaged helmets show the remarkable
strength of this head-gear, for in all cases shown, the soldier was only slightly wounded by
‘missiles which would otherwise have killed him
Lingua: eng
Copertura temporale: World War I
Data di rilascio: 1916-02
pagine: 208
Diritti: Public Domain (Google digitized)
Sorgente: Google Books
Archived by: Filippo Valle; Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)