Original U.S. WWI M1917 Army 5th Anti-Aircraft Battalion Doughboy Helmet Shell with Camouflage Paint German Uniforms on a green cloth background

on a green cloth background

We unfortunately do not know what unit or craft "X70" refers to

original instruction label and more

especially genuine WWII examples

It does not appear to have been reissued for WWII

Original U.S. WWI M1917 Army 5th Anti-Aircraft Battalion Doughboy Helmet Shell with Camouflage Paint German Uniforms on a green cloth backgroundOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a fantastic genuine Great War hand painted camouflage helmet shell, which has lost all of the original liner. The helmet features textured original period colored camouflage paint in red, brown, and green. The front of the helmet bears a circular insignia of an artillery shell painted 5 with AA on the sides, indicating its use by the 5th Anti Aircraft Battalion. The textured camouflage paint is still in great