Original German WWI U.S. 32nd Division-Captured Splotch Camouflage-Painted M16 Stahlhelm Helmet Sent Home by Distinguished Service Cross & Croix de Guerre Recipient Sergeant Ted Gariepy - Outstanding Russian Flare Guns and it just has the

and it just has the usual wear from service and age

signifying the regimental machine gun company

the regimental commander

which would be protected from the light

Close Combat Clasp

Original German WWI U.S. 32nd Division-Captured Splotch Camouflage-Painted M16 Stahlhelm Helmet Sent Home by Distinguished Service Cross & Croix de Guerre Recipient Sergeant Ted Gariepy - Outstanding Russian Flare Guns and it just has theOriginal Item. One of a Kind. It isnt often that we find a helmet that seems to check all the boxes. This outstanding M1916 Stahlhelm which was painted with an outstanding Splotch camouflage pattern following the July 1918 Ludendorff Camouflage directive, then de milled and captured by Sergeant Theodore Gariepy, Company C, 125th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division and sent home to a friend. Sergeant Gariepy was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and