WWI US Army AEF M1917 Helmet w/Liner Hand Painted 6th Infantry Division Emblem 2

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Original WWI Era US Army AEF M1917  Helmet Complete w/Liner - Hand Painted 6th Infantry Division Emblem - RARE!!
Up for sale is an Original WWI Era USMC AEF M1917 Helmet
.  This helmet has the orginal paint wth the original textured finish.  It has a hand painted 6th Infantry Division Emblem.  The emblem is a Red Star.  It includes the original leather liner.  The liner is good condition.  The liner is marked with the Brodie Helmet ink stamp, on the underside.  The markings are not very legible.  The chin strap is present, still soft and supple.  There is a minor repair to the chin strap.  The rim is fully intact, not rusting and separating. The helmet has the original paint, one minor ding on the top of the helmet.  It has a D/F 3 stamped on the underside of the rim.  This is one of the early British produced helmets that were procured by the AEF, when the first US Troops started arriving in France.
The
6th Infantry Division
was an
infantry
division
of the
United States Army
active in
World War I
,
World War II
, and the last years of the
Cold War
. Known as "Red Star", and formerly called the "Sight Seein' Sixth".
The division went overseas in June 1918, and saw 43 days of combat. Casualties totalled 386 (KIA: 38; WIA: 348).
The 6th Division saw combat in the Geradmer sector,
Vosges, France, 3 September – 18 October 1918, and during the
Meuse-Argonne
offensive 1–11 November 1918.
Separately the 11th Field Artillery Battalion became engaged earlier in the Meuse-Argonne offensive and fought from 19 October to the
Armistice.
The division returned to U.S. in June 1919. Deactivated: 30 September 1921 at Camp Grant, Illinois.
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