WWI US Army AEF M1917 Helmet w/Liner Hand Painted 78th Infantry Division Emblem

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Original WWI Era US Army AEF M1917  Helmet Complete w/Liner - Hand Painted 78th Infantry Division Emblem - RARE!!
Up for auction 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 78th Infantry Division Emblem.  The emblem is a Lighting Bolt on a Red Field (the Lighting Division).  It includes the original leather liner.  The liner is good condition. The chin strap is present, still soft and supple.  The rim is fully intact, not rusting and separating. The helmet has the original paint, no major dings or dents in the helmet.   The helmet is ID'd to: J.H. Ritzus
The
78th Infantry Division
of the
United States Army
was activated on 23 August 1917 at
Camp Dix
,
New Jersey
. It consisted of four
infantry
regiments – the 309th, 310th, 311th
and 312th and three
artillery
Regiments – the 307th, 308th and 309th.
The division was originally allocated to New York and northern Pennsylvania in the
National Army
plan. Whilst the HQ of the 78th Division was activated in August, with the first draftees arriving in September, it was not fully active until early 1918. It was transported to France in May and June 1918.
In France, during the summer and fall of 1918, it was the "point of the wedge" of the final offensive which knocked out Germany. The 78th was in three major campaigns during
World War I
–
Meuse-Argonne,
St. Mihiel, and
Lorraine. Demobilization at the end of the war took place in June 1919.
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