Original U.S. Indian Wars Era Germania Schutzenbund or Washington Greys “Washington Rifles” Parade Dress Helmet with Chinscales & George Washington Plate - Name Tag on Interior MG 42 This includes the barrel markings

This includes the barrel markings

however it does have a clear E / L G / * in an Oval proof on the left side of the breech

Hatchet points were wider at the tip than at the hilt inflicting a dreadful wound

the 8th Brigade moved out of the foxholes and moved across open ground under the cover of heavy fog

There is not any major damage or issues out of line with use and age

Original U.S. Indian Wars Era Germania Schutzenbund or Washington Greys “Washington Rifles” Parade Dress Helmet with Chinscales & George Washington Plate - Name Tag on Interior MG 42 This includes the barrel markingsOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous and scarce piece of German American history, all but wiped clean from the history of New York & New Jersey during the Anti German hysteria during the World War I era. This helmet likely would have been worn by a member of the Germania Schutzenbund or Washington Rifles. The Bund was composed of eight battalions located in Jersey City, Hoboken, Bayonne, Newark, Elizabeth, Paterson, and others in Eastern