Original U.S. WWI 1917 Model 2 Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company with Partial Liner U.S. Badges Massive steel pommel with catch

Massive steel pommel with catch and leaf spring

Of this set

to be called the "Second Allin"

She then received her combat loadout of troops and supplies and sailed from San Diego on 13 January

and far fewer Carbines than the long rifles were made

Original U.S. WWI 1917 Model 2 Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company with Partial Liner U.S. Badges Massive steel pommel with catchOriginal 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. Designed in June of