You can post now and register later. Colloquially, it was also called the shrapnel helmet or Tommy helmet, and in the United States known as a doughboy helmet. The truth of the matter is the helmets are different. Copyright Treasure Bunker Ltd Seaforth Highlanders who died 20/03/1919 BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY Lebanese Republic ' The MK 1 Brodie helmets are made from original MK2 steel shells have stripped out liner, chinstrap hangers and repainted the shell in the correct WW1 wartime paint then fixed in a 100% accurate reproduction. document.write; 5min video no sound date 1918 Military helmets manufactured at a factory in USA. Do you know if he wasa civilian at this time, and could you take a photo of the inside of the helmet for me, and what. Manufacturing Co - Philadelphia - Pennsylvania. I bought a M1 Vietnam era helmet through mail order surplus years ago and turns out they grabbed me a very collectable M1C paratrooper helmet. Tell me what I have, Brodie Helmet identification request. The list is on going if you know any more please let us know. HEAT STAMP 626A. WW2 BRITISH ARMY Staff Officers Cap and Collar Tabs - 26.62. Helmets were procured from British supply until such point as the Americans could supply themselves with their own helmets. Liner Fibre M-1. I always liked the Brodie Helmet, sure as protective as other helmets of the era but a neat helmet. Now I'd be too bloody lucky if it was a Brodie - but it is interesting nonethless. If it's a highly desirable unit it drives the price up. dailyinfo[19]=' 9228 Corporal George F. PARRY 2nd Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment who died 14/03/1915 LE TOURET MEMORIAL France ' Thanks Leon21. dailyinfo[22]=' 25368 Quartermaster Serjeant Leonard Henry CADE Meritorious Service Medal 12th Coy. Second World War British Brodie Helmet Identification Highland Light Infantry who died 19/03/1915 LE TOURET MEMORIAL France ' Your link has been automatically embedded. dailyinfo[1]=' Staff Nurse Edith Mary CAMMACK Associate of the Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class 4th Southern Gen. Hos. dailyinfo[11]=' Captain Charles Edmund WOOD Mentioned in Despatches Adjt. By 1916, Brodie helmet . He worked in WhiteHall prior to the war as a chartered surveyor. First thing is to see if you can figure out the unit emblem on the helmet. I believe they were numbered 1-24. New Zealand Engineers who died 13/03/1918 ST. POL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION France ' A heat stamp of 305B on a McCord manufactured helmet. dailyinfo[13]=' 37643 Sapper Thomas John ECCLESTON Tunnelling Coy. The British bail design proved to be too weak for the rigors of the trenches. if (year < 1000) year+=1900 There were at least six British helmet manufactures and nine steel suppliers. The A.E.F. 4th Bn. WW1 Brodie British Helmet Original C. 1916 455.00 Click & Collect 12.00 postage or Best Offer 26 watching WW1 US AEF 30th Division Patch Painted Brodie Helmet 190.63 29.65 postage 10 watching Original USA American WW1 M-1917 Brodie Helmet with Original Sand Finish w Liner 317.72 63.54 postage or Best Offer Nevertheless there was some effort to produce a more advanced version of the M1917. These will comfortably fit a head size 57-58 cm, or a tight 59. During World War 1, the U.S. adopted the Brodie Helmet, also called the British Mark 1. The Brodie helmet, called Helmet, steel, Mark I helmet in Britain and the M1917 Helmet in the U.S., was a steel combat helmet designed and patented in 1915 by the Briton John L. Brodie. Most American helmets lack manufacture marks. dailyinfo[5]=' 12147 Private Harry COOK 8th Bn. Paste as plain text instead, I already have two others. Accordingly many countries have used the M1 themselves until recently, while a small number of countries continue to use this Second World War helmet in their armed forces. Royal Welsh Fusiliers who died 11/03/1915 FAUQUISSART MILITARY CEMETERY, LAVENTIE France '