But the danger, although it cannot be avoided, can be minimised. Head-wounds have been more than usually numerous during the war, owing to the trench-fighting, and more than usually severe, owing to the extensive use of shrapnel. Background The Illustrated War News-17 November 1915 It is correctly applied only to the original 1915 Brodie's Steel Helmet, War Office Pattern. The German Army called it the Salatschüssel (salad bowl). It was also known as the dishpan hat, tin pan hat, washbasin and Kelly helmet. Colloquially, it was called the shrapnel helmet, battle bowler, Tommy helmet, tin hat, and in the United States the doughboy helmet. A modified form of it became the Helmet, Steel, Mark I in Britain and the M1917 Helmet in the US. The Brodie helmet is a steel combat helmet designed and patented in London in 1915 by Latvian inventor John Leopold Brodie ( Latvian: Leopolds Janno Braude). This was a developed version of the original Brodie helmet and was worn by British Empire and US troops. A British Mark I helmet dating from 1917.
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