Original U.S. WWI Aero Squadron Painted M1917 Doughboy Helmet Shell U.S. Machine Guns - Left Chest: Hand Painted

- Left Chest: Hand Painted full color 554th Bomb Squadron insignia which features a black panther with blood dripping from his mount in front of a mountain sunset signed HUGO

and 90 missing

and did not see any maker marking

which was confined to a holding action

Original U.S. WWI Aero Squadron Painted M1917 Doughboy Helmet Shell U.S. Machine Guns - Left Chest: Hand PaintedOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is an M1917 Doughboy helmet shell that was painted for an aero squadron, but has lost most of its paint job. The helmet also shows severe damage from poor storage over the years, but still displays well with some of the pilots wings visible. AERO SQUADRON is painted twice along the exterior of the helmet, with Pilots wings painted on one side and presumably the squadron number on the other side, which now just shows