Original U.S. WWI America Flag Etched British Mark I Brodie Helmet by James Dixon & Sons Ltd of Sheffield British Ordnance The stock is in good

The stock is in good antique condition

with some of the red primer coat showing

This early war example in Tombak shows frosted finish on a once silver maltese cross

The leather is somewhat soft

Original U.S. WWI America Flag Etched British Mark I Brodie Helmet by James Dixon & Sons Ltd of Sheffield British Ordnance The stock is in goodOriginal 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 British Mark I Brodie helmet complete with its original liner and