Original Rare U.S. WWI 1917 Model 8 Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company with Partial Liner Japanese Field Gear with a bit of dust

with a bit of dust from the years

though the visor itself is a bit loose

This will make a fantastic addition to any German WW2 Afrikakorps collection

in the shape of a heart with “Mother” in rhinestone script across the top and a USN anchor symbol

came over us and wiggled their wings and then came back to the British PT boats and guided them to us

Original Rare U.S. WWI 1917 Model 8 Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company with Partial Liner Japanese Field Gear with a bit of dustOriginal 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