Today for Gus’ Gear I have a French Adrian Chasseur helmet. The Chasseurs were light infantrymen who had greater skills than the standard infantryman, they often served in mountainous areas on foot or mounted and were similar to the German Jaegers.
The photo of the front of the helmet shows the hunting horn of the Chasseur with “RF” superimposed.
The side view shows that the front and rear visors are connected with rivets. The size and positioning as well as the profile of the comb indicate this helmet was manufactured by Jouet de Paris.
The photo of the liner shows this one has a second pattern liner of undyed leather. The first pattern liners were made from a single piece of leather. As leather became in short supply, the second pattern liners were sewn from separate bands and individual fingers. This was more time and labor consuming, but more liners could be cut from the same amount of hide. The leather was still stacked in many layers and a “cookie cutter” style of die was used with a hydraulic press to cut multiple bands and fingers at the same time.