An M17 Combat Helmet - Size 60 Archive It is adorned with silver

It is adorned with silver bullion wire and chocolate brown embroidered shoulder boards with green wool bases

the division served mainly on the Eastern Front

then invalided to England and admitted to 3rd London General Hospital on November 3rd

Extracted from a cape

upon completion of his twelve years' service

An M17 Combat Helmet - Size 60 Archive It is adorned with silverThis stamped, sheet steel construction, helmet retains about 95% of its original field grey green paint. The helmet has all three flat headed, liner retaining rivets, both dome headed chin strap retaining rivets and both of the extended ventilation side lugs all intact. The interior of the helmet has the post May 1917 pattern, three pad leather liner with a metal retaining band intact. All three of the leather pads feature two fingers with drawstring