WWI US Army AEF M1917 Helmet Shell - Hand Painted

Description: Original WWI Era US Army AEF M1917 Helmet Shell w/Hand Painted 5th Infantry Division Emblem - Very Nice Condition - RARE!! Up for sale is an Original WWI Era US Army AEF M1917 Helmet Shell. Shell ONLY, no liner or chin strap. This helmet shell has the original paint with the original textured finish. It has a hand painted 5th Infantry Division Emblem. The emblem is a Red Diamond. The rim is fully intact, not rusting and separating. The helmet has the original paint, no major dings or dents in the helmet. It has a ZD74 stamped on the underside of the rim. The 5th Division was organized in December 1917 from Regular Army troops as a part of the program for the expansion of the armed forces for service in World War I. No specific date was designated for the division's activation, but the initial personnel assigned to the division had a reporting date of December 1, 1917.The first general officer (Major General Charles Henry Muir) assumed command of the 5th Division on 11 December 1917, just over eight months after the American entry into World War I, at Camp Logan, near Houston, Texas, and began training for deployment to the Western Front. The organization was a "square" division (i.e., there were four infantry regiments) with an authorized strength of 28, 105 personnelThe entire division arrived in France by 1 May 1918 and components of the units were deployed into the front line. The 5th Division was the eighth of forty-two American divisions to arrive on the Western Front. The 5th Division trained with French Army units from 1 to 14 June 1918. The first soldiers of the unit to be killed in action died on 14 June of that year. Among the division's first casualties was Captain Mark W. Clark, then commanding the 3rd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment, who would later become a four-star General. On 12 September, the unit was part of a major attack that reduced the salient at St. Mihiel. The division later fought in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the largest battle fought by the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) (and the largest in the history of the U,S. Army) in World War I. The war ended soon after, on November 11, 1918. The division served in the Army of Occupation, being based in Belgium and Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg until it departed Europe. The division returned to the United States through the New York Port of Embarkation at Hoboken, New Jersey, on 21 July 1919. Please visit our Ebay Store and sign up for our FREE Newsletter! Please see photo. Check out my other items! Please use shipping calculator for shipping cost to your area. Payment accepted via Paypal. Most items shipped with in two business days of receiving payment. If you have any questions, please allow us enough time to respond prior to the end of the auction. Thanks for looking. Check out our other Auctions and our Ebay Store.

Price: 169.99 USD

Location: Henderson, Nevada

End Time: 2024-02-22T20:56:24.000Z

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