WW1 American Camouflage M17 Helmet

A fabulous WW1 US Brodie helmet in four colour camouflage scheme of the period.
This helmet is one of the earlier British made examples of which 400,000 were sent to the USA upon their entry into WW1 in 1917. A concept inspired by the German idea of camouflage & the American popularity of souveniring their helmets many of the US issues were camouflaged after the end of the first world war with the colours on many being very visually striking to say the least. This fabulous piece is in a class of its own having four different roughly granulated colours all divided with random patterned black seperation lines.
Interior of the helmet displays its original khaki factory paint with steel lot number & maker initials ' MLS69' . Liner system & chinstrap intact .

The 35th Division arrived at Le Havre, France, on 11 May 1918. The 35th served first, a brigade at a time, in the Vosges mountains between 30 June and 13 August. The whole division served in the Gerardmer sector, Alsace, 14 August to 1 September; Meuse-Argonne, 21 to 30 September; Sommedieu sector, 15 October, to 6 November. Men of the division spent ninety-two days in quiet sectors and five in active; advanced twelve and one half kilometres against resistance, captured 781 prisoners, and lost 1,067 killed and 6,216 wounded.The 35th Division had as an officer Captain Harry Truman, 33rd President of the United States, who commanded Battery D of the 129th Field Artillery Regiment.

Code: 14416