dailyinfo[3]=' 45 Gunner HAZURA SINGH 31st Mountain Battery Indian Mountain Artillery who died 03/03/1920 TEHRAN MEMORIAL Iranm ' : Brodie helmets. Royal Air Force who died 24/02/1919 LINCOLN (NEWPORT) CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Royal Marine Light Infantry who died 17/03/1918 BELLAVISTA OLD BRITISH CEMETERY Peru ' The Brodie helmet is a steel combat helmet designed and patented in London in 1915 by Latvian inventor John Leopold Brodie (Latvian: Leopolds Janno Braude).A modified form of it became the Helmet, Steel, Mark I in Britain and the M1917 Helmet in the US. I found a brodie helmet at an antique shop, its been painted black (going over several peace signs in black sharpie). I would leave the chin strap that is original, it's up to you what you want to do, with the helmet shell, it would have had an originalBMB liner dated the same as the shell, but I've seen BMB helmets with other maker. I've just been given what looks like a pretty standard "Tommy" helmet. Accordingly the main actors in the war quickly began developing new headgear. inspection stamp mark I've seen them before on liners. I always liked the Brodie Helmet, sure as protective as other helmets of the era but a neat helmet. Your previous content has been restored. Unlike the ubiquitous Stahlhelm which had been developed by the Germans around the same time the Brodie did not have a nape piece extending further down at the back to protect the neck, however, it did offer greater all round protection from shrapnel descending down into the trenches. In addition, the heads of soldiers had relatively greater exposure than other body areas above the parapets in the European trench warfare of that period, and the British "Brodie" helmet and the nearly identical U.S. Marine Corps Doughboy helmet gave insufficient protection to the back of the skull (in contrast to the protection afforded by . Is it a BEF or US helmet? The Brodie had also been employed in this way by the British in the inter-war period. The helmet was then heat cured creating a hard durable textured finish. It also depends on where the helmet came from, are you inthe US? Although a few American troops did manage to get a hold of covers by in large the A.E.F. 5min video no sound date 1918 Military helmets manufactured at a factory in USA. Category:Brodie helmets. Your link has been automatically embedded. If solid rivets, its US. M1 fixed bail, 34th ID "Red Bull" w/ Mickey Mouse Camo. dailyinfo[24]=' Captain Denzil Robert THURSTON Air Force Cross Airship Training Wing (Cranwell). With a liner most HS shells are running around $150.00 on most sites. Pity the liner is missing can you tell me what shape are the chinstrap loop/lugs, are they square or have. And use of the M1 helmet did not end in 1945; far from it. dailyinfo[1]=' Staff Nurse Edith Mary CAMMACK Associate of the Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class 4th Southern Gen. Hos. However, he has recently discovered that apparently all Brodie and Mk.I helmets were pressed by Joseph Sankey and Sons, so the the initials simply indicate the steel supplier. dailyinfo[29]=' Oberleutnant zur See Axel Carl Ludwig VON SCHOENERMARCK S.M.S. sizes 54cm to 62cm. Irish Guards who died 18/03/1916 CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY France ' Email: Support@WW2Helmets.Com Phone: (208) 656-3440. The sellers description may read, American WWI helmet or British WWI helmet. The helmet was manufactured in just one stamping procedure. Should I get a replacement liner and chinstrap or just leave it as it is? Both were manufactured using a similar process. //-->, By They also have a similar liner and chinstrap. I would say the paintwork on your helmet is original. Middlesex Regiment who died 25/02/1921 LADYWELL CEMETERY United Kingdom ' The doughnut was added for the wearers comfort. dailyinfo[31]=' 420628 Sapper William Bayne YOUNG 63rd Field Coy. U.S. M2 82nd Airborne Pathfinder Camo. Depending on your recommendation and initial read, I may take some light sandpaper to the brim and see what I can find. A heat stamp of 50A with an 'S' beneath it on a Schlueter manufactured helmet. Middlesex Regiment who died 25/02/1921 LADYWELL CEMETERY United Kingdom ' These original British Brodie helmets were designated the Mk 1 Steel Helmet, and nicknamed after the inventor who designed and patented them in 1915, "John Leopold Brodie". WW1 Brodie helmet liner and leather chinstrap which contains no harmful materials. i don't know anything about brodie helmet . Artillery cartridge case of German origin, used during WW1. Powered by Invision Community, Second World War British Brodie Helmet Identification, Helmets- mainly WW2 British and Commonwealth, both Civil Defense and from field service. (hums softly, to the tune of Guantanamera:). The Advanced Combat Helmet, the current combat helmet used by the U.S. Army, was included (size large, denoted ACH) for comparison to current combat helmets. to attach them. The American bail is made from 12 gauge iron wire. Royal Horse Artillery who died 16/03/1917 VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY France ' DPH This style of helmet had been in use since the 1st World War and was often colloquially known as the Tommy helmet in the UK or as the Doughboy helmet in the US. var mydate=new Date() Display as a link instead, Royal Warwickshire Regiment who died 12/03/1918 ST. Download this stock image: Canada's Brodie Seger, left, signs a fans helmet after the men's World Cup downhill ski race was cancelled at Lake Louise, Alberta, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. This is an excellent true combat example of a genuine Canadian Mark 1 steel helmet that is dated 1941. Will be adding helmets to the page soon, alexanderandsons If its a split rivet that holds the bails in place, its Brit. The British effort to do so would result in the Brodie. The bail holder is secured to the helmets skirt by way of a steel split rivet. The original and very distinctive steel helmet adopted by Great Britain was designed and patented in 1915 by its inventor, John L Brodie. WW2 British Army Staff Officers Cap and Collar Tabs. Over the next nearly four years down to the end of the war in August 1945 over 22 million M1s were produced, either for use by America or its allies. Category. lol. The helmet shell is indeed a M1* with an early made Vero liner. 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 The cover was made from the same type of cloth the sand bags the held up the trench wall were made of. Specification. if (year < 1000) year+=1900 and Gen. Hos. The helmet is indeed a M1917A1 shell made by ( the McCord Radiator Co ) the stamp mark ( 4B ) is a heat, or batch stampnumber used for quality control. An update on my helmet: a little light sanding and I was able to find the heat stamp, though this has only raised more questionsthe stamp is XHF. dailyinfo[20]=' 10259 Private Charles BUCHANAN 1st Bn. My buddy has a Brodie Helmet which he might be offering for sale. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Mark 2 Belgian Clone of the British Brodie helmet. Leatherwear Co of America - Brooklyn - New York. -- Henry Flescher, Holocaust Survivor -- March 14, 1924 - August 29, 2018. In conclusion, the M1 can probably be designated as the most successful combat helmet ever made. Clear editor. First questions and then the story. I think I have read it is thought to be another mark of Firth and sons, but that make no reason for the K. I think it is quite a common mark though. dailyinfo[31]=' 420628 Sapper William Bayne YOUNG 63rd Field Coy. New user here. With New Vegas, I luckily was able to use the NCR Trooper Helmet, but there is no helmet like that in this game. Why I speak of our Canadian Great war forumyou know, us Canadians? And this only accounts for its use by the American military. Production of the Mk 1 Brodie helmets . var mydate=new Date() Greetings. He was in his early forties when the war broke out and he turned his attentions to developing a military helmet along the lines that the French had just produced with the Adrian helmet. I suppose it also is one of the images of the start of WWII for the US with forces in the Pacific wearing it while under Japanese attack at Wake Island and Pearl Harbour. Powered by Invision Community, (In no particular order) BRODIE HELMET $110. You can post now and register later. The first letters representthe company who pressed the helmet. The M1 was only finally replaced as the standard issue military helmet for the United States armed forces in 1983, over forty years after it first entered mass production. I looked around and could not find any listings for that steel maker. My reply to to that collector is below "If the Brodie Red stamp has the words "patent applied" then it's pre pre Aug 1916 , post Aug 1916 stamps were marked "patent no.1 18 03/16". The Brodie was the first modern military helmet developed by Britain. I suppose your cousins in the US would call it Tommy helmet the Germans went for salad bowl. Sign up for a new account in our community. Was wondering if anyone could give some more info on it. Clear editor. Commonly referred to as the "Kelly" between 1932 and 1936 the M1917 and the British MK1 helmets in America. In 1940 a Parliamentary Home Guard unit "The Palace of Westminster Company" was established, consisting of around one hundred Members and staff of both Houses. In total the steel cap, liner and the accoutrements such as the chinstrap weighed 2.85 pounds or 1.29 kgs. Lincolnshire Regiment who died 05/03/1916 CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES France ' Was wondering if anyone could give some more info on it. The result in 1940 was the M1, which was effectively an altered version of the M1917. In August 1915 he acquired a patent for a steel helmet design of his own, one which could be produced from a single sheet of steel pressed into the first basic Brodie helmet. . After the introduction of the M1 helmet surplus M1917A1. I'm putting in a picture. Hello Gents, it's been a long time, but I am back with an ID request. It was superseded by the Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops or PASGT, a combination type of armour consisting of a ballistics vest and a combat helmet. It's a little difficult to provide much information from just a picture. were refurbished and modified with a new leather liner and web chinstrap. It was owing to its shape that the German forces on the Western Front began to refer to the helmet as the Salatschssel or salad bowl. The steel cap could not be used without the liner, but the liner could be worn on its own and indeed was regularly employed for this purpose in ceremonial settings within the army, or as protective headgear in civil society, by, for instance, policemen and fire brigades. Head Gear POOR MANS MILITARIA.