Original U.S. WWI 1917 Model 2 “Deep Salade” Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company with Liner Band & Chinstrap French Artwork & Posters The liner in this helmet

The liner in this helmet is made from oilcloth

with M 75388 on the barrel

It was developed for the Austro-Hungarian Army and adopted in 1912 as the M1912

3RD DIVISION

and the rear right side of the pistol has a BROAD ARROW / BO cartouche for the Board of Ordnance

Original U.S. WWI 1917 Model 2 “Deep Salade” Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company with Liner Band & Chinstrap French Artwork & Posters The liner in this helmetOriginal 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 first so called "experimental" patterns was the Model 2, also known as the Deep