Bidspirit auction | WWI Soldier Brodie Helmet

WWI Soldier Brodie Helmet - WWI Soldier Brodie Helmet. Overall, in good condition, still features the original strap and lining. Similar to The Brodie helmet is a steel combat helmet designed and patented in London in 1915 by John Leopold Brodie. A modified form of it became the Helmet, steel, Mark I in Britain and the M1917 Helmet in the U.S. Colloquially, it was called the shrapnel helmet, battle bowler, Tommy helmet, tin hat, and in the United States the doughboy helmet.