Original U.S. WWI Cavalry Division Painted British Made M1917 Doughboy Helmet Shell With Textured Paint Russian Antique Guns each marked M" DERMOTT

each marked M" DERMOTT

A backsword is a type of sword characterized by having a single-edged blade and a hilt with a single-handed grip

A near identical example can be found at the Australian War Memorial website at this link

The rear of the trigger group by the sling slot is Waffenamt WaA254 marked

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Original U.S. WWI Cavalry Division Painted British Made M1917 Doughboy Helmet Shell With Textured Paint Russian Antique Guns each marked M" DERMOTTOriginal Item: Only One Available. When America was drawn into the European conflict it possessed no steel helmets of its own. They looked to other nations for ideas and selected the British helmet as the most suitable. Britain supplied about half a million helmets to the Americans before production of an American version was started in the U. S. This is a fantastic, genuine Great War hand painted Cavalry Division British made helmet shell. The heat