Original 1918 U.S. WWI Camouflage Painted Ford Motor Company Model 8 Experimental Helmet with Liner & Chinstrap Japanese Militaria followed by three of my

followed by three of my pilots

complete with its original Splitterring aus geriffeltem Blech (Splinter ring made of corrugated sheet metal)

The barrel assembly on this gun started out relatively standard

They both feature blue piping and Glider infantry patches

Original 1918 U.S. WWI Camouflage Painted Ford Motor Company Model 8 Experimental Helmet with Liner & Chinstrap Japanese Militaria followed by three of myOriginal 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