On April 6, 1917, the United States entered the Great War with a very small army and limited equipment. How would the Yank endure and ultimately prevail over the challenges of Twentieth Century warfare?
Helmets were in common use among the soldiers of the different nations. Different designs were considered, including the Model Number 8, pictured above. This was built by the Ford Motor Company and designed by Bashford Dean.
Dean's career began in zoology, but his interest eventually focused on historical armor. At the time that the US entered the war, he was the Curator of Arms and Armor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Dean accepted a commission as a major in the Army and set about designing, from his historical knowledge, helmets for American soldiers. They included this model inspired by Fifteenth Century Italian armor.
It did not see widespread use.
-via Jalopnik
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