United States. An Army Air Service Flying Helmet & Belongings To Charles Batty; 141St Aero Pursuit Squadron Newly Listed The front is completed by

The front is completed by a vertical row of six silver gilt pebbled buttons on the right side

Even with the deformity

one prong on reverse broken off

numbered "24/10" at the lower left and inscribed "Postkartenvertrieb W

Accompanied by his Province of Ontario Birth Certificate Card (plasticized

United States. An Army Air Service Flying Helmet & Belongings To Charles Batty; 141St Aero Pursuit Squadron Newly Listed The front is completed byThis is a standard issue summer US Air Service flying helmet with ear coverings, a strap, and a matching protective face mask. Although the US Air Service employed many different designs of helmets during the later years of the war, most stemmed from football helmets mostly consisting of a segmented pattern of 6 triangular pieces of leather for the crown. The inside of this helmet and the protective face cover are lined with chamois fur, although