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This blog is all about my little hobby: my militairy helmet collection.
some articles are about military units, in particular about the music of army bands such as the Fanfara Bersaglieri and the music of the French foreign legion.

Find pictures: Italian Helmet, Adrian Helmet, M1 Helmet, Brodie Helmet

I'm a man who likes to touch, feel, discus and work with militairy helmets, since I don't have a big spare room to display all of my helmets I started this blog. My idea is to build it up to share my helmets with the rest of the world.
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I have no other intention than sharing my passion and experiences with helmets. By no means I think I know it all, I'm just telling what and how I did things they don't necessarily need to be correct, always think for yourself and double check the facts, check multiple sources. I still learn a lot every day.

Because I can read Dutch, German, English and French and with the help of Google Translate several other languages I sometimes link to all kinds of Websites and Blogs in all kind of languages.
Some of my favorites:
https://casquescollection.skyrock.com/
https://grabenraupe.skyrock.com/
https://cascomundi.skyrock.com/
https://cedvdh.skyrock.com/
http://world-war-helmets.com/index
https://wo2forum.nl/

Created: 20/12/2015 at 12:09 PM Updated: 20/11/2022 at 2:25 PM

Belgian Helmet model 49FN. This is actually a normal green army helmet, ABL,
painted white.Someone wrote BW on the front, I have no idea why and what it means.
Could be:
BW: BrandWeer = Fire Department
BW: Burger Wacht = Civilian Guard

I received information about this helmet.
It was used by 950e Cie Mun at Houthulst.
(950 Compagnie Munitie Houthulst)

This was the e-mail I received:
Hello B,

I personally got that BW from the former 950th Cie Mun, when it was dissolved, from someone who was employed there. That was Mun.Dep. Houthulst. according to that man this was from the Military Fire Brigade, hence the lettering "BW" ... I obtained that helmet with the closure of this depot at the end of 2001.

Grt, K.

Note the text in the liner: ABL 1949 X.B. 1951.
Model 1949 made by Xavier Buisset made in 1951.

Additional pictures see:
https://helmliefhebber.skyrock.com/3318149524-Belgian-Helmet-model-49FN-white-BW.html

On of my passions are helmets but I got also interested in military berets.
My special interest is in berets from The Netherlands and Belgium.
Little by little I'm building my collection. What I like about Dutch berets is that the emblems used are standardized in size and shape.
I think The Netherlands started using berets after World War 2, about the same time they started using British style uniforms.
I could be wrong, so correct me if that's the case.
Do not trow away a beret but contact me or send it to me.
Besides information about the beret manufacturer I like to look for information about the units using the emblem on the beret.
Most information I find by using Google, so it could be wrong, always use multiple sources to find actual information.
I enjoy doing this and I include many links to related websites in my articles. Some of the links will get you to websites or blogs of fellow military collectors.
Tags: Nederlandse Baret emblemen, Belgische ABL baret / muts kentekens, emblèmes de béret, insigne
Baretten in gebruik bij het Nederlandse Leger / Baretten in gebruik bij Belgisch leger.

see: tenuevoorschriften krijgsmacht
Koninklijke Marine Uniformen
Landmacht Uniformen
Luchtmacht Uniformen

List of berets:
United Nations Belgium
United Nations Canada
United Nations New Zealand
United Nations Pakistan
United Nations UNIFIL
United Nations The Netherlands
USA Multinational Force & Observers
OSCE

Germany/Netherlands 1 GE/NL Corps
Brigade Franco - Allemande

The Netherlands
The Netherlands berets

Belgium
Belgian Berets listed

France
2e régiment étranger de parachutistes
Ecole Militair Interarmes
Chasseurs Alpins

Germany
German Berets

Italy
Itally Bersaglieri

Spain
Spain Army

The first helmet I want to introduce is a Belgian Model 49 FN

The second Belgium Model 49FN Army (2)

This ABL helmet from 1952 manufactured by the company X.B.
Xavier Buisset from Vilvoorde.
AB = Armee Belge (French)
BL = Belgisch Leger (Dutch)
both mean Belgian Armee

This helmet is made after the British MKIII, this helm is made by the company Sartel, more information about this helmet is welcom

Belgian RECCE Helmet

RECCE stands for reconnaissance
This helmet is made based on the British MARK I RAC Helmet, Steel, Royal Armoured Corps.
This ABL (Armee Belge, Belgisch Leger) helmet from 1952 manufactured by the company X.B. Xavier Buisset from Vilvoorde.

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#Posted on Wednesday, 23 December 2015 at 2:56 PM

Edited on Friday, 24 August 2018 at 9:37 PM

This is a Belgian Model 31 Adrian helmet, after the war its painted black and used by the Belgian gendarmerie.
I have started to remove the black paint.

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These pictures schow the previous helmet while the black paint gets removed:[media_1_C]

continued at: https://helmliefhebber.skyrock.com/3269115098-Continued-Belgian-Model-31-Adrian.html

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Continued Belgian Model 31 Adrian

These pictures show the cleaned Belgian Adrian Helmet M31, the black paint is removed.

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#Posted on Tuesday, 26 January 2016 at 2:46 PM

Edited on Tuesday, 26 January 2016 at 3:00 PM

This is my newest addition to my collection. Its a Navy helmet made by an Austrian company.
Don't know yet what the letters WWEU stand for. Thanks to a fellow helmet collector, Have a look at his blog www.casquescollection.skyrock.com

I now know these letters stand for Ulbricht Witwe . This company still exists see: http://www.ulbrichts.com/protection/produkte/

ZM/FN = ZeeMacht / Force navale