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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

More Artwork

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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
Manufacturer Hale & Kilburn Company
1918
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
Manufacturer W. H. Mullins Co.
1918
Design for footed bowl, Parke Edwards American, Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, American
Design for footed bowl
Parke Edwards
Manufacturer Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
1913
Bowl, Rudolf Staffel American, Stoneware, American
Bowl
Rudolf Staffel
1954
Prototype for Helmet Model No. 2, Daniel Tachaux French, Steel, pressed paper or cardboard, American, New York
Prototype for Helmet Model No. 2
Armorer Daniel Tachaux
1917

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