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    Posted 8 years ago

    battlegear
    (69 items)

    M1917 steel helmet as used by USN during the 1920's by the China sailors in Shanghai 1927 and later.

    The M1917 was the US Army's first modern combat helmet used from 1917 through the 1920's - 1930's until replaced by the M1917A1.

    The M1917A1 was an updated version of the M1917 with a new liner and initially used refurbished WW1 shells.

    The M1917 is an near identical version of the British MK. I steel helmet, and it's important to note that when the US joined the Great War in 1917 they were initially issued with a supply of around 400,000 British made MK. I's before production began state side. The M1917 differed slightly in it's lining detail and exhibited US manufacture markings.

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