Original Italian WWI Era Regia Marina Italian Navy “Lippmann Model” Adrian Helmet with Stenciled Insignia - Liner & Chinstrap
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Original Item. Only One Available. Before 1914, the Kingdom of Italy built six dreadnought battleships: (Dante Alighieri as a prototype; Giulio Cesare, Conte di Cavour and Leonardo da Vinci of the Conte di Cavour class; and Andrea Doria and Duilio of the Andrea Doria class), but they did not participate in any major naval actions in World War I.
During the war, the Regia Marina spent its minor efforts in the Adriatic Sea, opposing the Austro-Hungarian Navy. The resulting Adriatic Campaign of World War I consisted mainly of Austro-Hungarian coastal bombardments of Italy's Adriatic coast, and wider-ranging German/Austro-Hungarian submarine warfare into the Mediterranean. Allied forces mainly limited themselves to blockading the Austro-Hungarian navy inside the Adriatic, which was successful with regards to surface units, but failed for the submarines, which found safe harbours and easy passage into and out of the area for the whole of the war. Considered a relatively minor part of the naval warfare of World War I, it nonetheless tied down significant forces.
This is a very interesting Italian Adrian helmet, of the “Lippmann Model”, which bears a yellow stenciled insignia of the Italian Navy to the front. This is the first example of an Italian Adrian for the Navy we’ve ever seen, and we were unable to find any other examples in our research. This example retains the majority of its paint, but there is some scuffing to the insignia.
The helmet retains its original chinstrap, but appears to have been given a replacement liner which is named.
A very nice example, ready for further research and display.
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