WW1 US Army 6TH DIVISION PAINTED CAMO HELMET WWI

WW1 6th Division Camo painted itinerary helmet named to H. Van Derlinder of Co. K. The helmet still has vibrant colors having a red 6th Division emblem to the front and just to the right a 3rd Army drawn insignia. missing liner but otherwise Excellent World War I Activated: November 1917 Subordinate Units: Headquarters, 6th Division 11th Infantry Brigade 51st Infantry Regiment 52nd Infantry Regiment 17th Machine Gun Battalion 12th Infantry Brigade 53rd Infantry Regiment 54th Infantry Regiments 18th Machine Gun Battalion 6th Field Artillery Brigade 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 11th Field Artillery Regiment (155 mm) 78th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 6th Trench Mortar Battery 16th Machine Gun Battalion 318th Engineer Regiment 6th Field Signal Battalion Headquarters Troop, 6th Division 6th Train Headquarters and Military Police 6th Ammunition Train 6th Supply Train 6th Engineer Train 6th Sanitary Train 20th, 37th, 38th, and 40th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals The division went overseas in June 1918, and saw 43 days of combat. Casualties totaled 386 (KIA: 38; WIA: 348). The 6th Division saw combat in the Geradmer sector, Vosges, France, 3 September – 18 October 1918, and during the Meuse-Argonne offensive 1–11 November 1918. Separately the 11th Field Artillery Battalion became engaged earlier in the Meuse-Argonne offensive and fought from 19 October to the Armistice.