Original U.S. WWI 1917 Model 2 “Deep Salade” Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company with Liner Band & Chinstrap German Military Maps A lovely upmarket example of

A lovely upmarket example of a Victorian Era South African "Big Game" hunting gun by Botha

and the top of the crossguard is stamped L

surrounded by circular type pyramid projections with one on the top

This example is our last remaining Ferguson type breach loading Flintlock Rifle expressly made for the East India Company by the London Gunmaker Henry Nock dated 1776

This fine example of a Raupenhelm is a cavalry version

Original U.S. WWI 1917 Model 2 “Deep Salade” Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company with Liner Band & Chinstrap German Military Maps A lovely upmarket example ofOriginal 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, also known as the Deep