This is the original M1 helmet of Colonel Joseph Triner who served as the Chemical Officer of the Ninth Air Force during WW2 in North Africa and Europe. The photos speak for themselves for the originality and condition. To fully appreciate the tremendous family history and historic interest of this item please search the internet for the phrase in quotes; “Father and Son M1 Helmets”. Please note: The helmet of his son, uniforms and other items from the estate will be listed at a later time. Item Description: Helmet is a. Front seam stainless steel rim with heat stamp 103A and first pattern strap loops. It has fixed bale with rayon webbed and name inscribed Westinghouse liner and permanent attached leather chinstrap with square buckle. Liner is marked for Lt Col Joseph Triner and certainly was worn while in North Africa, Cairo Egypt and Europe when he received his promotion to Colonel. Brief biography of Colonel Joseph Triner: Joseph Triner (son of Joseph Triner and Katerina Ann Wecker) was born Feb 1894 in Illinois, and died Feb 1969 in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States of America. He married Mae on Abt. One of the acknowledged and most active leaders among the Czechoslovaks of the City of Chicago, Joseph Triner was born in the old Pilsen district October 19, 1894. He graduated the Carter H. Harrison Technical High School, and later graduated from the Columbia University as a pharmaceutical chemist. Triner left the Columbia University on the 7th day of April, 1917, to enlist in the United States, Army. He was commissioned Sergeant, Medical Corps, and remained stationed at Fort Sheridan until June 1917, when he was transferred to the Military Intelligence Service, Chicago. Upon the insistence of the Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, Mr. Triner was honorably discharged September 4, 1917 from the United States Army, and his discharge papers read: By order of the Secretary of War for the convenience of the Government in order to serve with the United States Secret Service. Served with the Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, until February, 1918, when he enlisted in the United States Navy as Boatswains Mate, First Class, but was again assigned to the Naval Intelligence Department where he served under Commander Clive Runnells until the end of the war, being honorably discharged from the United States Navy in December, 1918. This is the only case on record where a man served in the United States Army, Navy and Secret Service during the World War. In January, 1919, Mr. Triner was elected President of the Joseph Triner Corporation, manufacturers of Triners Bitter Wine, rectifiers and wholesale liquor dealers of Chicago, and President of the Joseph Triner Company, Ltd. Triner is at present in charge of the Central or Mid-West Division (comprising eight states) of the Seagram Distillers Corporation and Chairman of the Illinois State Athletic Commission. He was also director of the Lawndale National Bank; President. United States Football Association; Honorary President; Sparta A. Chicago; President, Illinois Wine & Spirits Institute; Secretary, Czechoslovak-American Chamber of Commerce; Captain; Chemical Warfare, United States Army Reserves; Vice-President, Army and Navy Club; Director, Bohemian Charitable Association; member, Mohawk Country Club, Medinah Club of Chicago; Masons, 32nd Degree Shrine; Elks. American Legion, Forty and Eight, I. (Plzen Lodge), Ceska Heseda, Plzensky Sokol, Club Dobrovsky. Mr Triner is also Past President and Secretary of the Military Intelligence Association; Former Chairman, National Code Authority, Wine-Liquor Division, Alcoholic Beverage Wholesale Industry; Former Chairman, Tenth Regional Code Authority, Wine-Liquor Division; Former President, Illinois Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association; Former President, National Institute of Wine & Spirits Distributors, Inc. Mr Triner was an amateur and professional boxer and wrestler. He also played baseball, basketball and football at high school and college. He wrestled professionally under the name of Jot- Owen and boxed professionally under the name of Joe Kid Whaling. During WWII Colonel Triner served with the Ninth Air Force in Africa and Europe. Joseph Triner was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of fame in 1951- Joseph Triner. President of the United States Football Association from 1936 to 1938. Triner was a longtime Illinois soccer official who also served as president of the Sparta SC of Chicago and the Midwest League and chairman of the Illinois Soccer Commission. Presented the Triner Cup for annual competition between teams from Canada and the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The item “Identified WWII Fixed Bale M1 Helmet WW2 9th Air Force Chemical Corps Colonel” is in sale since Tuesday, July 23, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Hats & Helmets”. The seller is “infantrye8″ and is located in Macon, Georgia. This item can be shipped worldwide.