"Colonial Infantry Helmet - Battle of France" Topic
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| Spackledgoat | 04 Aug 2015 10:27 a.m. PST |
I am trying to determine what was the helmet color of French colonial infantry located in France during the Battle of France? I know that in World War 1, the colonial infantry had a sand colored helmet while the the metropolitan infantry helmets were a much darker color. Was this practice continued in World War 2? On a related note, I assume both the colonials and metropolitans had the same khaki green uniform when in European service. Is this correct? |
| Jcfrog | 04 Aug 2015 10:47 a.m. PST |
I have none of my books around but:
You can google images with this
casque infanterie coloniale 1940 Looks at this link This even better link
They say sometimes repainted to go along the uniform colour.
I think they are just the same with branch device in metro. service.
Likely sandy repainted if in use overseas, for ex. Along Tunisian border. |
Dn Jackson  | 05 Aug 2015 3:54 p.m. PST |
I have one that I think is colonial in my collection. It is the green color in the above links, with no unit badge on the front. |
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