Original U.S. WWI 3rd Army Painted British Made M1917 Doughboy Helmet by Hadfield Ltd of Sheffield French Militaria to the 2nd brigade

to the 2nd brigade

and is set up as a Sharp Shooter's gun with double Set Triggers

The National Colors decal looks like it was originally removed

This example is DSA 1-8359 and has no dating suffix

These are steel belts carriers which attach to the feed tray assemblies of the MG 34 or MG 42

Original U.S. WWI 3rd Army Painted British Made M1917 Doughboy Helmet by Hadfield Ltd of Sheffield French Militaria to the 2nd brigadeOriginal items: Only One Grouping 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 3rd US Army British made helmet, complete