Original U.S. WWI M1917 Doughboy Helmet of the 30th Infantry Division with Textured Paint Browning LMG Just a bit of wear

Just a bit of wear on the tip and runner wear prevent it from being "mint"

which could be the single chevron marking of a Private

The body of the grenade is marked JPS

but each helmet is genuine Pre-WW2 Manufacture

Second class crosses would have a ring at the top where a ring was attached

Original U.S. WWI M1917 Doughboy Helmet of the 30th Infantry Division with Textured Paint Browning LMG Just a bit of wearOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a nice example of a WWI 30th Infantry Division Unit Painted M 1917 Helmet. The shell is maker marked with a stamping on the underside of the rim that reads ZAO. The best feature of all is the original hand painted blue boxed monogram XXX inside an "O" (for "Old") inside the cross bars of an "H" (for "Hickory") on red background bordered in black insignia for the 30 infantry division aka the Old Hickory