Original U.S. WWI 1917 Model 2 Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company Cannons Nelson was posthumously awarded the

Nelson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor

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Original U.S. WWI 1917 Model 2 Experimental Helmet by Ford Motor Company Cannons Nelson was posthumously awarded theOriginal 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. Designed in June of