Original U.S. WWI M1917 3rd Division Doughboy Helmet - The Rock of the Marne Madsen LMG Everything is nickel plated for

Everything is nickel plated for sanitary reasons and beautifully made indicative of old time quality manufacture

The parachute units were hastily shipped back to Camp Mackall to prepare for overseas movement

The writing was on the wall for the NSDAP elite and frankly nobody felt there was any hope of them surrendering in any honorable fashion so all contingencies had to be allowed for

the pistol comes with a brass tipped ramrod that might be a period replacement

Sights Iron

Original U.S. WWI M1917 3rd Division Doughboy Helmet - The Rock of the Marne Madsen LMG Everything is nickel plated forOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M1917 was the US Army's first modern combat helmet, used from 1917 and during the 1920s, before being replaced by the M1917A1. The M1917A1 helmet was an updated version of the M1917 and initially used refurbished WW1 shells. The M1917 is a near identical version of the British Mk. I steel helmet, and it is important to note that when the US joined the Great War in 1917 they were initially issued with a supply of