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249 - HEADGEAR. 1915-type Adrian helmet belonging to a Senegalese …
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Estimate €100 - €150
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Description
HEADGEAR. 1915-type Adrian helmet belonging to a Senegalese Spahi officer, made of green-painted aluminium, with a grenade insignia on the front, embossed leather lining, braided chinstrap, brass plaque reading ‘Soldier of the Great War’, engraved ‘Lieutenant HULLO, Senegalese Spahis Squadron – Chad – Cameroon’. Helmet repainted, crown dented. EM Jean HULLO, born in 1886, dragoon in 1906–1914, posted to Equatorial Africa in 1913, second lieutenant in 1917, 9th Cuirapied in 1917, then the 9th Cuirassiers, the 4th African Chasseurs, and finally the 3rd Spahis in 1918; he saw action in Cameroon, where he was commended. He ended his career as a lieutenant in the 4th Dragoons in 1924.
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About the sale MILITARIA 1914–1918 & 1939–1945
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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