Original U.S. WWI 80th Division Painted M1917 Helmet Shell - Machine Gun Company, 320th Infantry Regiment Sten Gun and keep them afloat as

and keep them afloat as the war took its terrible course

breaking when soldiers practiced bayonet fighting or firing with the bayonet fitted

Pantelleria

Type 7424-03 by Phipps

painted with period correct paint

Original U.S. WWI 80th Division Painted M1917 Helmet Shell - Machine Gun Company, 320th Infantry Regiment Sten Gun and keep them afloat asOriginal Item. One of a Kind. There were very few American units of the First World War which painted their helmets before the end of the war. The 80th Division were one of these very few, painting their helmets with flashes akin to those used by British & Commonwealth soldiers, who utilized a variety of shapes & colors to signify their unit. This helmet was worn & painted by a member of the Machine Gun Company of the 320th Infantry Regiment, 80th