Helmet for the Buffalo Bills worn by Bruce Smith

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A Buffalo Bills football helmet worn by Bruce Smith. The red Riddell helmet has a white face guard and white chin strap. Down the middle of the helmet is a blue stripe with two white stripes on either side. A white rectangle in the front center reads [Riddell] in red. On either side of the helmet is the Bills logo of a blue buffalo with red stripe, both bordered in white. On the lower left side of the back of the helmet there is a red, white, and blue [NFL] logo along with a peeling white [WARNING] sticker underneath with black text. There is a white “8” almost completely visible under the bottom right corner of the sticker. On the lower right side there is a clear [WARNING] sticker with white text. There is a smaller faded white sticker above it with black text that reads [XL].

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