Original U.S. WWI M1917 Doughboy Helmet marked to 72nd Coastal Artillery - Battery B MP 40 Bob Ballard was a quiet

Bob Ballard was a quiet Floridian who was not a professional soldier like Johnson or Ewell

The helmet still has the correct "stepped" vent hole lugs

35 mine built by the United States in order to train their troops on how to deactivate live teller mines in the occupied Europe

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Original U.S. WWI M1917 Doughboy Helmet marked to 72nd Coastal Artillery - Battery B MP 40 Bob Ballard was a quietOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a U. S. M1917 "Doughboy" helmet, which features original period textured OD Green paint and a painted unit marking, which covers a good deal of the helmet. The shell is maker marked with a stamping on the underside of the rim that reads ZE 35. The solid rivets and heat lot number indicate that this helmet shell was produced in the United States. The paint is in excellent condition both