The story of Col. Robert's battle damaged World War I helmet.
A battle damaged WWI French Adrian helmet was found at a flee mearket. The caracteristics of the helmet as well as some faint inscriptions visible on the inside enabled it to be attributed to Colonel Marcel Robert, of the 296th Infantry Regiment, who was killed in action by shell fragments on April 30th 1917.

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World War 1 - trench warfare - militaria collection - Infantry - ancestry - shrapnel damage - gunfire - bullet hole - missing in action - killed in action - airburst - artillery - shrapnel - 338eme Régiment d'Infanterie - 296eme Régiment d'Infanterie - helmet devellopment - horizon blue - bullet proof - body armour - hell where youth and laughter go - trench warfare - Hell - Les carnets de guerre de Louis Barthas Tonnelier - Corporal Louis Barthas - Poilu: The World War I Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker - named helmet - battlefield archeology - hopital de Villers Marmery - 1914 - 1918 - 1915 -1916 -1917 - Colonel Marcel Robert 1860 - all quiet on the western front - I have a rendez vous with death - where poppies blow - Somme - Verdun - Ypres - Siegfried Sasoon - Les Croix de Bois - artillery barrage - shrapnel - Mort pour la France - casque Adrian impacté - militaria collecting - helmet collection -