Original U.S. WWI Corps of Engineers Camouflage Painted British-Made Mk. I Camouflage Doughboy Helmet with Liner & Chinstrap U.S. Helmets/Hats Operation Varsity would be the

Operation Varsity would be the last full scale airborne drop of World War II and the assignment went to the 17th Airborne Division with the 507th spearheading the assault dropping at the southern edge of the Diersfordter Forest

of 47 B-24s launched

There is a lot of hammer work with probably a punch over much of the exterior

and of those that do

Many areas in Cuba and the Philippines were quite densely forested

Original U.S. WWI Corps of Engineers Camouflage Painted British-Made Mk. I Camouflage Doughboy Helmet with Liner & Chinstrap U.S. Helmets/Hats Operation Varsity would be theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a camouflage painted British made Mk. I Steel "Doughboy" helmet with its original liner, marked on the front to the United States Army Engineers. It features a lovely original "trench art" camouflage paint on the exterior. It is a unique pattern of stripes of green, yellow, red, and blue. The front has a beautiful painted Engineer Castle depicted sitting in a field with a blue sky above