Original British WWI Dazzle Camouflage Painted Mk 1 Brodie Helmet by Hutton & Sons Ltd of Sheffield Hotchkiss MG Data plate indicates Air Force

Data plate indicates Air Force issue and gives the manufacturer and contract information:

Original Item: Original 3rd model India Pattern Brown Bess musket converted to percussion and reissued as the P-1839

The Mark III featured small oval-ish eye lenses

Vermillion of the 959th Field Artillery Battalion

Scabbard Length: 20 1/8"

Original British WWI Dazzle Camouflage Painted Mk 1 Brodie Helmet by Hutton & Sons Ltd of Sheffield Hotchkiss MG Data plate indicates Air ForceOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely example of the scarce WWI British MkI Brodie helmet, which was also the same type that was issued to American forces in the beginning of the US involvement during The Great War. The shell features great textured dazzle camouflage paint that was a very popular paint scheme used by all armies that fought during WWI. Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle (in the U. S.) or dazzle painting, is a