Original U.S. WWI 1917 Model 2 Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company with Partial Liner Iraq above serial number 958304

above serial number 958304

this is a great looking M43 Heer (Army) M43 cap

Overall length: 38 3/4”

It was also distributed to the Republican soldiers of the Spanish Civil War in conjunction with Soviet support of the Spanish government

This example is a very interesting war Axe known as a "SHOKA" (English to Swahili Meaning of axe) from the Central South Western part of Africa we now know a Swaziland

Original U.S. WWI 1917 Model 2 Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company with Partial Liner Iraq above serial number 958304Original Item: Only One Available. When the United States entered World War I in 1917 it had no steel helmet. The American military turned to Dr. Bashford Dean, an American zoologist and armor expert who served on the board at both the New York Natural History Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to help design a helmet for the soldiers heading to France. One of the first so called "experimental" patterns was the Model 2. Designed in June of