Original German WWI U.S. 32nd Division-Captured Splotch Camouflage-Painted M16 Stahlhelm Helmet Sent Home by Distinguished Service Cross & Croix de Guerre Recipient Sergeant Ted Gariepy - Outstanding Russian Flare Guns Close Combat Clasp

Close Combat Clasp

sealed in a cardboard and plastic sleeve

and it just has the usual wear from service and age

signifying the regimental machine gun company

As with all Springfield 1873's

Original German WWI U.S. 32nd Division-Captured Splotch Camouflage-Painted M16 Stahlhelm Helmet Sent Home by Distinguished Service Cross & Croix de Guerre Recipient Sergeant Ted Gariepy - Outstanding Russian Flare Guns Close Combat ClaspOriginal Item. One of a Kind. It isnt often that we find a helmet that seems to check all the boxes. This outstanding M1916 Stahlhelm which was painted with an outstanding Splotch camouflage pattern following the July 1918 Ludendorff Camouflage directive, then de milled and captured by Sergeant Theodore Gariepy, Company C, 125th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division and sent home to a friend. Sergeant Gariepy was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and