Original 1918 U.S. WWI Camouflage Painted Ford Motor Company Model 8 Experimental Helmet with Liner & Chinstrap Japanese Militaria He goes into detail about

He goes into detail about the places he visits

with the leather guard mostly intact

They both feature blue piping and Glider infantry patches

The barrel assembly on this gun started out relatively standard

Original 1918 U.S. WWI Camouflage Painted Ford Motor Company Model 8 Experimental Helmet with Liner & Chinstrap Japanese Militaria He goes into detail aboutOriginal 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