Original WWII Free French Resistance FFI Insignia Lot - 7 Pieces Total Hotchkiss .303 Helmet is complete with original

Helmet is complete with original khaki chinstraps fitted with blackened brass hardware

There is also a wonderful ranging reticule in the left eyepiece

but commissioned works of functional art

About a foot from the top

Original WWII Free French Resistance FFI Insignia Lot - 7 Pieces Total Hotchkiss .303 Helmet is complete with originalOriginal Item: Only One Available. FFI or French Forces of the Interior (French: Forces Franaises de l'Intrieur) refers to French resistance fighters in the later stages of World War II. Charles de Gaulle used it as a formal name for the resistance fighters. The change in designation of these groups to FFI occurred as France's status changed from that of an occupied nation to one of a nation being liberated by the Allied armies. As regions of France