Original U.S. WWI Motor Transport Corps Named Trench Art M1910 Canteen - Dated 1918 U.S. Artwork & Posters What we have here is

What we have here is a very nice all original example early war Model 1935 German WWII helmet with a single Luftwaffe Eagle decal

but does show plating loss and some rust

so something was improvised

It is also stamped 478 on the rear skirt

Original U.S. WWI Motor Transport Corps Named Trench Art M1910 Canteen - Dated 1918 U.S. Artwork & Posters What we have here isOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a standard M1910 aluminum canteen made in 1918 by Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Co of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and stamped on the reverse: U. S. AGM Co. 1918 However, this is not just an ordinary canteen but a canvas for a very skilled (and bored) engraver (soldier) of the Motor Transport Corps, who engraved the insignia of the corps on the canteen: A Winged Helmet of Mercury superimposed over a wheel. They also