Experimental American Body Armor of World War 1

Photographs of experimental body armor developed by the United States military, private companies, and individuals during World War 1. From the book Helmets and Body Armor in Modern Warfare by Bashford Dean published in 1920. Tags: world war one, world war i, pictures, ww1, wwi, first world war, laminated backplate, plate, sponge rubber, heavy cushion, cushion, sentinel, american, shin guards, leg defenses, brewster body armor, light, shovel, brodie helmet, breastplate, british, pressed, 1918, 1917, 1910’s