Original 1918 U.S. WWI Camouflage Painted Ford Motor Company Model 8 Experimental Helmet with Liner & Chinstrap Japanese Militaria There has been a lot

There has been a lot of wood around the receiver tangs removed as well

complete with its original Splitterring aus geriffeltem Blech (Splinter ring made of corrugated sheet metal)

This indicates it was manufactured it was manufactured by F

The barrel assembly on this gun started out relatively standard

Original 1918 U.S. WWI Camouflage Painted Ford Motor Company Model 8 Experimental Helmet with Liner & Chinstrap Japanese Militaria There has been a lotOriginal 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 later so called "experimental" patterns was the Model 8. It followed the "Model