Original U.S. WWI Named 80th Division Painted M1917 Helmet with Liner & Chinstrap - Cook Lawrence Geist Shirk, Company D, 313th Machine Gun Battalion Feed Block Assembly which is faint but visible

which is faint but visible

It is bright with no oxidation we can see

made by the firm Ernst Pack & Söhne of Solingen

Polk sent a diplomatic mission to Mexico in an attempt to buy the disputed territory

The unit was relieved from assignment to VI Corps and transferred to the US XV Corps on 27 November 1944

Original U.S. WWI Named 80th Division Painted M1917 Helmet with Liner & Chinstrap - Cook Lawrence Geist Shirk, Company D, 313th Machine Gun Battalion Feed Block Assembly which is faint but visibleOriginal Item. One of a Kind. There were very few American units of the First World War which painted their helmets before the end of the war. The 80th Division were one of these very few, painting their helmets with flashes akin to those used by British & Commonwealth soldiers, who utilized a variety of shapes & colors to signify their unit. This helmet was worn & painted by Cook Lawrence Geist Shirk, Company D, 313th Machine Gun Battalion, 80th