Original U.S. WWI 1917 Model 2 Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company Cannons Nelson was posthumously awarded the

Nelson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor

CVW-14 embarked on USS Coral Sea in November 1979 en route to the Western Pacific and a continuous 102-day at-sea period on ""Gonzo"" Station in the North Arabian Sea

including the weapon's cleaning kit

supplies were moved up

Serial number is 109172 meaning its production was the year 1898

Original U.S. WWI 1917 Model 2 Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company Cannons Nelson was posthumously awarded theOriginal Item: Only One Available. When the United States entered World War I in 1917 it had no steel helmet. The American military turned to Dr. Bashford Dean, an American zoologist and armor expert who served on the board at both the New York Natural History Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to help design a helmet for the soldiers heading to France. One of the first so called "experimental" patterns was the Model 2. Designed in June of