leather goggles Original U.S. WWI Aero Squadron Leather Flying Helmet with Goggles –  International Military Antiques
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leather goggles Original U.S. WWI Aero Squadron Leather Flying Helmet with Goggles – International Military Antiques

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leather goggles Original U.S. WWI Aero Squadron Leather Flying Helmet with Goggles – International Military AntiquesOriginal Item: Only One Available. This fantastic rare example of a genuine WWI Aviator flying helmet is made of a soft leather and is nearly identical to a known SPALDING pattern helmet, in fact it may very well have been made by Spalding but the maker label fell off. To see the Spalding marked helmet check out this link (its about 2 3 of the way down the page and has a black cat painted on it). Construction is brown leather chamois lined flying

Original Item: Only One Available. This fantastic rare example of a genuine WWI Aviator flying helmet is made of a soft leather and is nearly identical to a known SPALDING pattern helmet, in fact it may very well have been made by Spalding but the maker label fell off. To see the Spalding marked helmet check out this link (its about 2/3 of the way down the page and has a black cat painted on it).

Construction is brown leather chamois-lined flying helmet with buckle chinstrap. Typical allied construction of the period with all snaps and buckles present; snaps are all period correct. The leather is soft and supple, truly amazing condition for over 100 years of age. The chamois lining is in equally excellent condition and totally complete. Helmet is approximate size 57/58cm ( U 7 1/4 a nice large size).

Aero Squadron flyer's were initially required to purchase their own flight equipment and Spalding was the foremost supplier of such gear. The largest makers of the "Protective flight helmet" was AG Spalding Company.

Also included are Fur (fleece) Trimmed Fabric surrounds in very good condition, with intact stitching, and only minor signs of age and use, minimal staining, no tears, holes, major damage or structural issues. Metal Lens Frames with only surface patina, intact and robust. Each Surround and Frame ensemble are "sprung" so as to fit the Face well and therefore minimize drafts, very comfortable when worn. Slightly yellow tinted oval safety glass lenses in very good condition with only minor surface wear, they have no cracks, chips or major damage, they give a clear view and are both firmly in place. original adjustable elastic headband and its metal fittings are all strong and intact, with no elasticity remaining but not degraded.

Offered in overall in very good condition. Genuine Great War Aviatory flying sets are very difficult to find.

 The Aviation Section, Signal Corps, was the aerial warfare service of the United States from 1914 to 1918, and a direct statutory ancestor of the United States Air Force. It absorbed and replaced the Aeronautical Division, Signal Corps, and conducted the activities of Army aviation until World War I, when its statutory responsibilities were suspended for the duration of the war. The Aviation Section organized the first squadrons of the aviation arm and conducted the first military operations by United States aviation on foreign soil.

The Aviation Section, Signal Corps was created by the 63rd Congress (Public Law 143) on 18 July 1914 after earlier legislation to make the aviation service independent from the Signal Corps died in committee. From July 1914 until May 1918 the aviation section of the Signal Corps was familiarly known by the title of its administrative headquarters component at the time, seen variously as the Aeronautical Division, Air Division, Division of Military Aeronautics, and others. For historic convenience, however, the air arm is most commonly referred to by its official designation, the Aviation Section, Signal Corps (ASSC), and is the designation recognized by the United States Air Force as its predecessor for this period.

The Aviation Section began in turbulence, first as an alternative to making aviation in the Army a corps independent of the Signal Corps, then with friction between its pilots, who were all young and on temporary detail from other branches, and its leadership, who were more established Signal Corps officers and non-pilots. Despite the assignment of Lieutenant Colonel George O. Squier as chief to bring stability to Army aviation, the Signal Corps found itself wholly inadequate to the task of supporting the Army in combat after the United States entered World War I on 6 April 1917. It attempted to expand and organize a competent arm but its efforts were largely chaotic and in the spring of 1918 aviation was removed, first from the jurisdiction of the Office of the Chief of Signal where it had resided since its inception, and then from the Signal Corps altogether. The duties of the section were not resumed following World War I and it was formally disestablished by the creation of the Air Service in 1920.

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