mccooper Posted July 23, 2018 Share #1 Posted July 23, 2018 Reading over one of WWI Nerd's super posting about camo helmets, I see he referenced the fact that Walt Disney was a creator of same during his post-war duty in France. Am doing some work on WWI ambulance drivers for a display, and came across this comment from a Disney biographer I wanted to share regarding his "work" in that area. One of life's truisms continues to be: caveat emptor. mccooper Walt earned extra money by teaming up with another young soldier who had created a sideline enterprise of selling souvenirs to homeward bound soldiers. While the other young man obtained German helmets, Walt used his artistic skill to transform them into very rare German sniper helmets by painting the elaborate camouflage, his friend then made them look battle scarred with quick drying shellac, some paint, and by banging them up, shooting a bullet hole into them, and attaching hair and dried blood. The two boys made quite a lot of money to send home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted July 23, 2018 Share #2 Posted July 23, 2018 That's totally awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlewilly Posted July 24, 2018 Share #3 Posted July 24, 2018 Money makes the World (War) go 'round! MHJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomorgan Posted July 24, 2018 Share #4 Posted July 24, 2018 Too bad he didn't sign his work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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