{"product_id":"original-french-wwii-marshal-philippe-petains-garde-du-marechal-vichy-guards-m26-adrian-helmet-with-modified-badge-named","title":"Original French WWII Marshal Philippe Pétain's Garde du Maréchal Vichy Guards M26 Adrian Helmet with Modified Badge - Named","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a nice genuine World War II M1926 French Army \"Adrian\" helmet. The helmet is painted black. Affixed to the front is the emblem for the Guards, which features the FF Badge with Vichy France axe. The badge has undoubtedly been on the helmet since the beginning! This denotes use by Marshal Pétain's Vichy France Guards. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize is approximately US 7.25 (58cm). Features a wonderful complete original leather liner in excellent condition, but no drawstring. The chinstrap is intact, stretched over the front brim. The overall condition of the helmet is excellent. These helmets are getting more and more hard to find on the market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe underside of the rear brim has an inscribed name:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eG.M. 13\/118 …\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMENARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn excellent example to add to the collection! This is a perfect specimen which can serve as a representative example of French Guard Forces during WWII!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe M-1926 Adrian Helmet:\u003cbr\u003eIn 1926 the Adrian helmet was modified by being constructed of stronger steel and simplified by having the main part of the helmet stamped from one piece of metal, and therefore without the joining rim around the helmet that characterizes the\u003cbr\u003eM15. The large ventilation hole under the comb, which had been a weak point of the old design, was also replaced with a series of small holes. The M26 helmet continued in use with the French Army until after World War II, and was also used by the French police up to the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Guard was a military force in Vichy France, created from the Mobile Republican Guard after it was dissolved in November 1940. It is now the modern Mobile Gendarmerie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Guard should not be confused with the new units created by the government of Vichy France, notably the Groupes mobiles de réserve (GMR) that belonged to the National Police (whose postwar successor were the Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité) or with the Garde du Maréchal (which were part of the National Gendarmerie).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mobile Republican Guard (MRG) was created in 1921. It had reached a strength of 21,000 men in 1940, with as many as 5,000 of them being captured during the Battle of France. The conditions of the Armistice of 22 June 1940 limited France's Armistice Army to 100,000 soldiers in Metropolitan France affected the Gendarmerie, which was also part of the Army. Only 6,000 gendarmes were permitted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45041990271045,"sku":"ONJR26MYAS081","price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/files\/42E72A3C-74EC-4DCB-BCA8-5D1DC5B13BC7.jpg?v=1779482751","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-french-wwii-marshal-philippe-petains-garde-du-marechal-vichy-guards-m26-adrian-helmet-with-modified-badge-named","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}