Original U.S. WWI US Army Panel Camouflage Painted British Made M1917 Doughboy Helmet - Complete Replica Non-Firing Guns The last 1/8" of the

The last 1/8" of the tip is broken off as well

and nose cap are still present

The breast eagle is Bevo (machine woven) construction

though it is almost certainly more recent

Original U.S. WWI US Army Panel Camouflage Painted British Made M1917 Doughboy Helmet - Complete Replica Non-Firing Guns The last 1/8" of theOriginal Item: Only One 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 1st Infantry Division British made helmet, complete