WWI US Army AEF M1917 Helmet w/Liner Hand Painted - 5th Infantry Div. Emblem #2

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Original WWI Era US Army AEF M1917  Helmet Complete w/Liner - Hand Painted 5th Infantry Division Emblem - RARE!!
Up for sale is an Original WWI Era USMC AEF M1917 Helmet
.  This helmet has the orginal paint wth the original textured finish.  It has a hand painted 5th Infantry Division Emblem.  The emblem is a Red Diamond.  It includes the original leather liner.  The liner is good condition. The chin strap is present, still soft and supple.  The chin strap is a replacement.  The rim is fully intact, not rusting and separating. The helmet has the original paint, no major dings or dents in the helmet.  There is an Ordnance Dept Inspection stamp on the inside of the liner. See photos for details and condition.
The 5th Division was activated on 11 December 1917, just over eight months after the
American entry into World War I, at
Camp Logan, near
Houston,
Texas
and began training for deployment to the
Western Front.
The entire division had arrived in France by 1 May 1918 and components of the units were deployed into the front line.
The 5th Division was the eighth of forty-two American divisions to arrive on the Western Front.
The 5th Division trained with
French Army
units from 1 to 14 June 1918.
The first soldiers of the unit to be killed in action died on 14 June of that year. Among the division's first casualties was
Captain
Mark W. Clark, then commanding the 3rd Battalion,
11th Infantry Regiment, who would later become a
four-star
general. On 12 September, the unit was part of a major attack that reduced the salient at
St. Mihiel.
The division later fought in the
Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the largest battle fought by the
American Expeditionary Force
(AEF) (and the largest in the
history of the U.S. Army) in World War I. The war ended soon after, on
November 11, 1918. The division served in the Army of Occupation, being based in
Belgium
and Esch-sur-Alzette,
Luxembourg
until it departed Europe. The division returned to the United States through the
New York Port of Embarkation
at
Hoboken,
New Jersey, on 21 July 1919
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