Original U.S. WWI America Flag Etched British Mark I Brodie Helmet by James Dixon & Sons Ltd of Sheffield British Ordnance The scabbard retains its 8

The scabbard retains its 8 original “staples” (actually conveyor belt joiners) at the throat to keep the knife from cutting the scabbard

as those items were typically used until discarded

The painting is vibrant and totally consistent with two other known examples from the crews that flew this aircraft

Contains 30 pages with onion skin partitions and more than 100 original prewar and wartime photos

and both are marked P A on the inside

Original U.S. WWI America Flag Etched British Mark I Brodie Helmet by James Dixon & Sons Ltd of Sheffield British Ordnance The scabbard retains its 8Original 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 British Mark I Brodie helmet complete with its original liner and