Original U.S. WWI Incredibly Scarce Experimental Wilmer Eye Shield Developed at John Hopkins MG 15 The gun and carriage were

The gun and carriage were designed so that it could be broken down into several pieces to be carried by pack animals

You don’t find them with the original leather chinstrap often

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It is possible that it was painted for winter service

It is finished in gun blue and in the stove black used on most British small arms of the Second World War

Original U.S. WWI Incredibly Scarce Experimental Wilmer Eye Shield Developed at John Hopkins MG 15 The gun and carriage wereOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is one of the scarcest pieces of WWI headgear we have ever offered. During the war, there were roughly 35,000 Wilmer Eye Shields manufactured, but only about a dozen of these ever saw anything other than the inside of a crate. The vast majority of these were melted down after the war, so this is one of roughly 12 15 still in existence. The Wilmer Eye Shield was designed and developed by eye specialist Colonel W.