Description
"Welcome to Barracks"
The WALRUS was a known Whaler
This helmet features a gilt brass Wappen (front plate) displaying the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sachsen (Saxony)
A lovely example that comes more than ready for a lampshade and display
Underneath the logo is a Weimar Eagle over 5
Original U.S. WWI 27th Infantry Division British Made M1917 Doughboy Helmet by Thomas Firth & Sons Ltd of Sheffield MG 13 "Welcome to Barracks"Original items: Only One Grouping 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 hand painted 27th Infantry Division British made helmet,