M-1917 steel helmets

[Cody Grayland]

This could be an open thread to display your M-1917 steel helmets.

Having recently retired from TR helmet collecting, a neglected interest in M-1917 steel helmets has been rekindled to replace the passion for things TR.

I'll go first - ID that is.

Cheers,

Cody Grayland

Edited December 10, 2006 by Cody Grayland

[Cody Grayland]

3rd ID.

[Cody Grayland]

Another 3rd ID. Sadly, but, not unusually, he's only a shell with but the top pad of the liner remaining.

Edited December 10, 2006 by Cody Grayland

[Cody Grayland]

2nd ID, 2nd Engineer Train, found in a Florida attic.

Edited December 10, 2006 by Cody Grayland

[Cody Grayland]

2nd ID, 6th Marines, 1st Battalion.

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2nd ID, 17th Field Artillery, HQ.

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2nd ID, 23rd Infantry, Machine Gun Company, found in a Washington state estate sale.

Edited December 10, 2006 by Cody Grayland

[Cody Grayland]

2nd ID, 23rd Infantry, Supply Company.

[Cody Grayland]

2nd ID, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, rescued from a Southern California estate sale.

Edited December 10, 2006 by Cody Grayland

[Cody Grayland]

77th ID. This one, too, has no liner, but, the doughboy attached his dog-tags to the chinstrap bales.

Edited December 10, 2006 by Cody Grayland

[Cody Grayland]

78th ID.

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91st ID. This is a sentimental favorite as, during WWII, the 91st was stationed but 15 minutes away.

Edited December 10, 2006 by Cody Grayland

[Cody Grayland]

US M-1917.

[Cody Grayland]

British shell with a US liner dated 1918.

[Cody Grayland]

For those with inquiring minds - the EGA attachment detail inside the 2/6 Marine helmet .

Edited December 10, 2006 by Cody Grayland

[Cody Grayland]

Liner of American M-1917.

Edited December 10, 2006 by Cody Grayland

[Cody Grayland]

Brit steel, American liner.

Edited December 10, 2006 by Cody Grayland

[Cody Grayland]

91st rim detail. Inerestingly, many 91st ID helmets were issued with the Wilmer attachment provision.