Original U.S. WWI Aero Squadron Painted M1917 Doughboy Helmet Shell U.S. Machine Guns white and blue banner with

white and blue banner with a cluster of white stars in front of a blue circular background

reflecting their current use as training weapons for taijiquan practitioners

and 90 missing

The sweatband is embossed with ZEPHYR in gold along with CAP L

and did not see any maker marking

Original U.S. WWI Aero Squadron Painted M1917 Doughboy Helmet Shell U.S. Machine Guns white and blue banner withOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is an M1917 Doughboy helmet shell that was painted for an aero squadron, but has lost most of its paint job. The helmet also shows severe damage from poor storage over the years, but still displays well with some of the pilots wings visible. AERO SQUADRON is painted twice along the exterior of the helmet, with Pilots wings painted on one side and presumably the squadron number on the other side, which now just shows