Original U.S. WWI 3rd Army Painted British Made M1917 Doughboy Helmet by Hadfield Ltd of Sheffield WWII The leather shell chin strap

The leather shell chin strap is original

which can be seen by looking under the side flaps

In August 1917 Paul von Hindenburg and Arthur Arz von Straußenburg decided to send troops from the Eastern Front to the Isonzo Sector

Bougainville and Rabaul until July 1944 when they moved back to Espiritu Santo

This rare original victorian cavalry helmet of the regiment that captured the French 105th regiment's eagle at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815

Original U.S. WWI 3rd Army Painted British Made M1917 Doughboy Helmet by Hadfield Ltd of Sheffield WWII The leather shell chin strapOriginal items: Only One Grouping 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 3rd US Army British made helmet, complete