Original U.S. WWI NAMED M1917 Doughboy Helmet with Camouflage Panel Textured Paint - PFC Robert R. McGiffin U.S. Navy where they were stored having

where they were stored having been put away after World War One and forgotten

Part way up the haft is a 5" leather section traditionally from a lion's tail

Explosion of Mount HoodThe next day

It was tapered and pointed sufficiently to allow the saber to be used for thrusting as well

rebuilt on an original re-welded receiver includes folding buttstock

Original U.S. WWI NAMED M1917 Doughboy Helmet with Camouflage Panel Textured Paint - PFC Robert R. McGiffin U.S. Navy where they were stored havingOriginal Item: One of a kind. 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 Named Great War hand painted camouflage American made helmet. Helmet features