The Tsar's French Helmet, the Imperial Russian Adrian

The Tsar’s French Helmet, the Imperial Russian Adrian

An Experiment on the Northern Front As the Great War raged across Europe in the winter of 1916, a steamship named St. Peter docked at Arkhangelsk, a northern sub-arctic port town in the Russian Empire. The ship had come from Brest, France and carried in it’s hold 15,000 French steel helmets. These helmets were part of an experiment, destined for the Russia’s Imperial army. Like all …

The Helmet with the Grinning Skull. A Short History of the Danzig Police Helmet

The Helmet with the Grinning Skull. A Short History of the Danzig Police Helmet

Fight for the Post Office At 4 am on September 1, 1939 German sappers cut the power to Danzig’s Post Office plunging it’s Polish staff into total darkness. No doubt a fitting act foreshadowing the dark times Poland would soon endure. World War II had just officially started, and the Free City of Danzig was about to be in the middle of the war.  The now …