Original Rare U.S. WWI 1917 Model 8 Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company with Partial Liner Gift Card square brass buckle and corresponding

square brass buckle and corresponding leather tab with six punched holes

however the Patent dates to 1877 are still readable on the top strap by the cylinder

these are also common on WWII Production Navy swords towards the end of the war

Each award came with an Urkunde

Original Rare U.S. WWI 1917 Model 8 Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company with Partial Liner Gift Card square brass buckle and correspondingOriginal Item: Only One Available. When the United States entered World War I in 1917 it had no steel helmet. The American military turned to Dr. Bashford Dean, an American zoologist and armor expert who served on the board at both the New York Natural History Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to help design a helmet for the soldiers heading to France. One of the later so called "experimental" patterns was the Model 8. It followed the "Model