Cabinet of Curiosities | Mind Your Head!

The Fernie Museum is proud to present Cabinet of Curiosities a video series investigating the stories behind our artifact collection from the safety of the home of Lindsay Vallance, the Fernie Museum’s Collections Manager.

This week’s object is a bowl-shaped metal hat, designed to keep you safe just long enough to threaten the safety of others. That’s right- it’s Military History Time!

Explore Fernie’s military history further with this post highlighting the role Fernie played in World War I.

Photo Credits

• New Names Canadian WW1 recruiting poster; Patterson, C.J.; Lawson and Jones Limited (Printer) / Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Names_Canadian_WW1_recruiting_poster.jpg
• French heavy cavalry going to the front, August 1914. Author unknown / Public Domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:French_heavy_cavalry_Paris_August_1914.jpg
• Derelict tank stuck in the mud, 1917. Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/ / Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Derelict_tank_stuck_in_the_mud.jpg
• Captured German Tank. New Zealand Official Photographs (1914-1919). First published in 1921, Official History Of The Otago Regiment in The Great War 1914-1918. Uploaded by Dushan Jugum / CC BY-SA (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Captured_German_Tank_World_War_1_New_Zealand.jpg. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
• German airplane brought down in the forest of Argonne. Photographer: Pvt. J. E. Gibbon, U.S. Armyderivative work: Keraunoscopia / Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hannover_CL_IIIa,_Forest_of_Argonne,_France,_1918_(restored).jpg
• French soldiers making a gas and flame attack on German trenches in World War I. Photo by Public Domain. Photo via Good Free Photos
• French soldiers making a gas and flame attack on German trenches in Flanders. Belgium. Jan.1 1917. See page for author / Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flanders_WWI_gas_attack.jpg
• British soldier in a small box respirator. MacPherson, W. G.; Herringham, W. P.; Elliott, T. R.; Balfour, A. / Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_soldier_in_a_Small_Box_respirator.jpg
• HMS Argus (1917). Unknown Navy personnel / Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HMS_Argus_(1917).jpg
• WW1 Fluoroscope operation. P. Hoguet / Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WW1_fluoroscope_operation.jpg
• Early Kotex Ad with image of nurse. Harry Finley / Museum of Menstruation. http://www.mum.org/kotsmad2.htm
• Louis Porsche, a French soldier in 1914. Joel Bellviure, Cassowary Colorizations / Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/cassowaryprods/41080468045/
• Original image source: Europeana, 1914-1918 project/ Public Domain. https://www.europeana.eu/en/collections/topic/83-1914-1918
• A French soldier with an early type of gas mask-World War 1; Institut français de Florence / Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photo_of_French_soldier_with_an_early_type_of_gas_mask_-_World_War_I_(1914-1918).jpg
• Russian soldiers training in trench warfare. Jbulera8271 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trench_warfare.png
• Casque de Marcel Hebrard; Europeana 1914-1918 project / Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casque_de_Marcel_H%C3%A9brard.jpg
• Illustrated War News Nov 1915, picture of officers wearing new Brodie helmets; British Government. / Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ilwarnews_brodie.jpg
• Portrait of Lieutenant General Henry Shrapnel; Unknown author / Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry-shrapnel.jpg
• Diagram comparing Lieut. Shrapnel and Col. Boxer designs of early anti-personnel “Shrapnel” shells; Hamilton, Douglas Thomas / Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shrapnel%26BoxerShellDesigns.jpg
• Canadian Mark III helmet; de:User:Stahlkocher / CC BY-SA (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/); https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stahlhelm_5_WWII_Canada.jpg
• Canadian troops on their way to Juno Beach; Dennis Sullivan / Public domain; https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Canadian_troops_on_their_way_to_Juno_Beach.jpg
• Montreal Police Civil Defence Helmet, 1950s; BCATP / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montreal_Police_Civil_Defence_MK_II_helmet.jpg
• Personnel of the Royal 22e Regiment in a front-line position. (L-R): Privates A.F. Proulx, J.M. Aubin; George Marwick/Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/PA-166881; https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=3228435&new=-8586155900793657028