Original U.S. WWI 79th Infantry Division Painted British Made M1917 Doughboy Helmet - "Cross of Lorraine" Sten Gun with some areas where the

with some areas where the base metal is exposed

which were corrected with the 1866

There is some runner wear and just a bit of light staining

and was made in the same cotton as the M-40 'Afrikamutze' cap

An Allied map of Normandy of the type used during the 1944 Battle of Normandy

Original U.S. WWI 79th Infantry Division Painted British Made M1917 Doughboy Helmet - "Cross of Lorraine" Sten Gun with some areas where theOriginal Item: Only One 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 79th Infantry Division British made helmet, complete