Original U.S. WWI A.E.F. 91st Infantry Division M1917 Doughboy Helmet with Camouflage Textured Paint
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Original Item: Only One Available. This genuine Great War helmet is a very fine example with excellent complete liner and chinstrap. It is authentic in every way.
The shell has original period camouflage textured paint in yellow, black, green, dark reddish brown. The front is marked with a pine tree insignia for the 91st Infantry Division and A.E.F
for the American Expeditionary Force. The shell is maker marked with the stamping on the underside of the rim ZC 0.
The 91st Infantry Division was constituted on 5 August 1917 at Camp Lewis, Washington, near Tacoma, the division soon thereafter departed for England in the summer of 1918. In September 1918, the division's first operation was in the St. Mihiel Offensive in France. Serving under the U.S. Army's V Corps, the division fought in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and successfully helped to destroy the German First Guard Division and continued to smash through three successive enemy lines.
Twelve days before the end of World War I, the division, as part of the VII Corps of the French Sixth Army, helped drive the Germans east across the Escaut River. The division was awarded separate campaign streamers for its active role in the Lorraine, Meuse-Argonne and Ypres-Lys campaigns.
This is an excellent example of a genuine USGI Great War helmet from an legendary division of the US army.
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 around 400,000 British made Mk.Is, before production began state side. The M1917 differed slightly in its lining detail, and exhibited US manufacture markings.
M1917 helmet liners typically show a paper label at the crown and the dome rivet head. The liner is set up as on the British versions, with an oilcloth band and net configuration, attached to a leather strap, riveted to the shell. The chinstrap is leather with steel buckle.
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