helmet
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19910075-005
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made 1916-1919
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, body armour
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1916/01/01
- Latest 1919/12/31
- Brand Name / Model second model Mk 1
- Pattern Name Brodie, War Office Pattern
- Materials Steel, Mammal leather, Fibre unidentified
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Measurements Height 12.0 cm, Outside Diameter 30.0 cm
- Caption Brodie Steel Helmet, War Office Pattern, Mk. I
- Additional Information Helmets, first issued in April 1916, immediately saved lives. While a helmet would not usually stop a bullet, it could protect against deadly shrapnel. Soldiers covered their helmets with fabric to reduce glare that might attract sniper fire.