Helmet worn by Private George Emmett Morrison during World War I

Source catalog description

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

A steel World War 1 combat helmet with a black exterior. The helmet has three rivets at the midline, one on each side and one at top center. The interior of the helmet is very worn. Leather straps are attached to the interior rim by buckles with a rivet on either side. The center as a padded interior where the head fits. The padded interior consists of exposed mesh, rope, burlap and cloth, and is covered by a black fabric. The underside of the rim has a manufacturer’s mark inscription of the letters [HV] and numbers that are indecipherable.

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