Original Rare U.S. WWI 1917 Model 8 Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company with Partial Liner Discount The shell has original paint

The shell has original paint with no dents or dings that we can see

if you examine it closely

Helmet features original period colored camouflage paint with various colors in angular black bordered shapes

The attack would jump off at 0215 after a 10-minute TOT by eight battalions of artillery

artillery battalions controlled the light aircraft and balloons that operated in these roles

Original Rare U.S. WWI 1917 Model 8 Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company with Partial Liner Discount The shell has original paintOriginal 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