M1917 Medic Helmet?

[Bosley]

Picked this one up at an estate sale last week.  Looking for any info you may be able to provide about it, or if you could point me to a good place to learn the basics of these.  This is my first brodie-style helmet.

 

As you can see in the photos, it has a nice, rough texture.  There's a faint, but pretty clear painted black medic symbol, as well as a quite faint maroon-ish crown?  It's pretty askew, but also seems deliberate overall.  Does anyone recognize that symbol?

 

Unfortunately the strap is broken, and the leather deteriorated badly.  Other than that, and maybe some mild scratching/marking on the lid, the helmet is in pretty nice shape, including the liner.

 

Is this one of the asbestos helmets though?  Any suggestions about that?

 

The Heat Stamp is ZD95.  In doing some initial research, it seemed the interpretation of these is not necessarily straightforward.

 

 Also the helmet seems like it might possibly be named to an "H.I. Marks"?

 

Really appreciate the help!  

[Nooby416]

That is not a medic symbol, it's the insignia of the 33rd Division, there is a castle below it so the helmet was used by an engineer. There is a 1 before the 9.

 

Underneath the felt pad is an asbestos pad.

[Bosley]

Thanks, Nooby416.  I guess that does make sense, considering I'm in the Chicago-land area.

 

@Forum Manager , would you be able to move this over to the M1917 subforum?  Sorry about that, and let me know if there is a preferred way I to request a move/edit like this.  Thank you!

[aef1917]

Here's your guy.

 

[Bosley]

aef1917, that is incredible.  Thank you so much.  What a beautiful picture and great info that might help me learn more about his service.  Would you mind sharing where this  was sourced from.

 

Thank you!

[jmd62]

Excellent find, congrats!!

[aef1917]

2 hours ago, Bosley said:

  Would you mind sharing where this  was sourced from.

 

 

It's from Fighting Men of Illinois: An Illustrated Historical Biography Compiled From Private and Public Authentic Records.