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 Hatchet points were wider at

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

Although designed before the start of the war

small pouch with star and crossed rifle insignia pinned on

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

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 Hatchet points were wider atOriginal 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