WWI PAINTED HELMETS

[SI Gordon]

Here is my small contribution

Unknown unit, Trench Mortar Helmet

[Bones]

Thanks for the comments and submissions. Here are some of my 26th ID helmets. The majority of these I have traded for. The first one is of the 101st Infantry Regiment of the 26th ID.

[Bones]

Here is my other 26th ID helmet. 102 Field Artillery Battalion. Made a trade for this one.

[Bones]

Here is my last one. The 102nd Infantry Regiment. I noticed on someone else's earlier post there is one just like this one only better color. This one is dark. I have scene one other of this style and they all have to have been painted by the same soldier. What do you think?

[Bones]

This one came from the world's best garage sale. Not sure if the captains bar where orginially on the helmet but the patch is good. 91st ID.

[Bones]

Everyone has a 77th ID so I thought I would add mine.

[Bones]

Here is my 33rd ID the patch is only a little bigger than 1" in diameter.

[Bones]

This helmet I purchased last year. It is dark and hard to read but above the crossed cannons it has 127 and below the cannons it has HQ. The 127 Field Artillery Regiment was part of the 35th ID in WW1.

[Bones]

This helmet appears to have a sawdust finish to it. No patch but I included it.

[Bank Vault]

Heres my only painted one, I hope to buy a few more painted helmets on my buying trip soon that some of you are aware of!

[Bones]

Here is my 6th ID, hope it shows up good.

[Bones]

This helmet came with a 32nd ID gas mask pouch.

[Bones]

I have had this camo for some time. Very colorful and nicely done.

[Bones]

Here is my 3rd ID. It is small maybe 1 1/2" x 1 1/2".

[Bones]

Here is another camo helmet. It is kind of dark but you can still see the colors.

[Bones]

This camo 87th ID came in the world's best garage sale. Only one I have scene in these colors.

[Bones]

This 34th ID helmet is what they call a diary helmet. The different locations are scratched into the white paint on the brim of the helmet. This came out of an antique mall.

[Bones]

The location right under the insignia is Camp Cody, next is Liverpool, and the last is France. The background of the insignia is dark blue, not black.

[GIKyle]

Here's my 1st ID I've had for a couple years.

 

[Bones]

I don't have any of those high dollar USMC painted helmets but here are a few 2nd ID helmets that I do have. The first belonged to a veteran in the 23rd Infantry Regiment of the 2nd ID.

[Bones]

This belonged to a man in the 17th Field Artillery Regiment of the 2nd ID.

[Shenkursk]

Here is my one and only camo helmet. 34th Division with arrow on left side. Very close to relic condition.

 

Take a close look - that is a very interesting helmet! Has a 34th Division insignia on the front, and an 89th Division Engineer insignia on the side.

[Bones]

This brings us to the last of my helmets. They are all from the 89th ID which was a National Army Division which means they were full of draftees from all over Nebraska and Kansas. The first one is my newest purchase. This helmet was from a member of the 314th Motor Transportation Train.

[Bones]

From one of the infantry regiments of the 89th ID.

[Bones]

From one of the other infantry regiments of the 89th ID.