picked up this helmet recently, a re-issue US WW1 shell with the transitional leather liner and web chinstrap, what I found interesting was the canadian service no. on the inside, am I right in thinking a canadian no.?
I think that is a US number...Initial of last name and last four numbers of the social security number. I know it is something like that. A lot of US items are marked as such.
Dale, thanks for the info on that, I am out of my comfort zone with US no's of course just learning the Canadian system too, hence my assumption, had not seen this type of helmet in hand before, but all looked good and untouched from what I have seen in books, I might be able to find some history on the owner
It will be pretty tough without a full name and/or service number. The NARA ADD website that lists WWII service records needs either one, or both, to do a search.