Original U.S. WWI Incredibly Scarce Experimental Wilmer Eye Shield Developed at John Hopkins Crimean War On the left side of

On the left side of stock opposite the lock are two cartouches stamped into the wood

with 8-55 dates painted

“ballcap”

Evacuated from Corsica with the Sturmbrigade Reichsführer SS to the Italian mainland in October 1943

Brauchbar Brünn

Original U.S. WWI Incredibly Scarce Experimental Wilmer Eye Shield Developed at John Hopkins Crimean War On the left side ofOriginal 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 15 still in existence. This is the second example we have offered. The Wilmer Eye Shield was designed