Original U.S. WWI America Flag Etched British Mark I Brodie Helmet by James Dixon & Sons Ltd of Sheffield Japanese Flare Guns The 504th PIR which sat

The 504th PIR which sat out the Normandy drop because of depleted ranks suffered at Anzio was now at full strength

and the edge is not really sharp

and is in lovely service used condition

meaning this came home with a USGI after WW2

shifting to replacement training later in the war The troop carrier units and crews it produced served in all overseas combat theaters

Original U.S. WWI America Flag Etched British Mark I Brodie Helmet by James Dixon & Sons Ltd of Sheffield Japanese Flare Guns The 504th PIR which satOriginal Item: Only One Available. When America was drawn into the European conflict it possessed no steel helmets of its own. They looked to other nations for ideas and selected the British helmet as the most suitable. Britain supplied about half a million helmets to the Americans before production of an American version was started in the U. S. This is a fantastic, genuine Great War British Mark I Brodie helmet complete with its original liner and