Original U.S. WWI America Flag Etched British Mark I Brodie Helmet by James Dixon & Sons Ltd of Sheffield British Ordnance with some of the red

with some of the red primer coat showing

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

The leather is somewhat soft

This early war example in Tombak shows frosted finish on a once silver maltese cross

Original U.S. WWI America Flag Etched British Mark I Brodie Helmet by James Dixon & Sons Ltd of Sheffield British Ordnance with some of the redOriginal 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