Original Belgian WWI Leather #4 Fire Brigade Helmet with Brass Comb & Hardware Display Guns & Parts Sets Navy commanders opposed the formation

Navy commanders opposed the formation of a separate Air Force and favored a more loose defense organization

so he was unencumbered with the need to further its development or

As WWI progressed

The bayonet comes complete with a metal fitted wooden "last ditch" scabbard

after the first shots were fired

Original Belgian WWI Leather #4 Fire Brigade Helmet with Brass Comb & Hardware Display Guns & Parts Sets Navy commanders opposed the formationOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition, WWI Era Belgian Leather fire helmet, very reminiscent of the German fire helmets in use at the time. It features a rigid pressed leather body, with brass fit leather front and rear visors. It has a very nice brass top comb, as well as a front plate showing the standard long fire axes and the number 4, probably for the 4th Brigade. The Lion motifs on the helmet indicate that it is