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American Helmet Model No. 8

Manufacturer Ford Motor Company American
1918
Not on view
This helmet, and others in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum, were designed by Bashford Dean between 1917 and 1918. Model No. 8 has a visor to provide maximum protection to the face while still allowing good visibility and movement. Model No. 5 gave more coverage to the back and sides of the head than the regulation helmet then worn by American and British troops. The Sentinel's Helmet, Model No. 7, was meant for limited use in forward positions, where heavy fire was expected. Its construction was based directly on a type of Italian helmet that was popular in the fifteenth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: American Helmet Model No. 8
  • Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company (American, founded 1903)
  • Date: 1918
  • Geography: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Culture: American, Philadelphia
  • Medium: Steel, leather, felt, canvas, bronze, pigment, sawdust
  • Dimensions: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm); W. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); D. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 10.5 oz. (1660 g)
  • Classification: Helmets
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, by exchange, 2012
  • Object Number: 2012.473
  • Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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American Helmet Model No. 5, Hale & Kilburn Company American, Steel, paint, leather, textile, string, American, Philadelphia
American Helmet Model No. 5
Hale & Kilburn Company
1918
Bashford Dean Memorial Tablet, Daniel Chester French American, Bronze, American, New York
Bashford Dean Memorial Tablet
Multiple artists/makers
1930
Prototype for Helmet Model No. 2, Daniel Tachaux French, Steel, pressed paper or cardboard, American, New York
Prototype for Helmet Model No. 2
Daniel Tachaux
1917
American Helmet Model No. 7, Sentinel's Helmet, W. H. Mullins Co. American, Steel, leather, textile, paint, American, Salem, Ohio
American Helmet Model No. 7, Sentinel's Helmet
W. H. Mullins Co.
1918
T-29 Prototype Right Greave (Shin and Calf Armor), Leonard Heinrich German, Steel, textile, American, New York
T-29 Prototype Right Greave (Shin and Calf Armor)
Multiple artists/makers
1944

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