A First War Mark Ii 54Th Battalion Helmet; Named To Chaplain & Published Auction measuring 49 mm in diameter

measuring 49 mm in diameter

where he was discharged upon demobilization on April 2

He was later described as "a singer and hero" when he died fighting for the Lützow Free Corps in a skirmish with Napoleonic troops in the Rosenow Forest near Lützow

King graduated from West Point in 1866 and served in the Army during the Indian Wars under George Crook

commanding the 1st Battalion

A First War Mark Ii 54Th Battalion Helmet; Named To Chaplain & Published Auction measuring 49 mm in diameterPublished in Military Antiques and Collectibles by Victor Taborika on page 207; Noted to be worn by Canadian Chaplain George Alfred McDonald; A First War Mark II 54th Infantry Battalion "Kootenay Battalion", 11th Canadian Brigade, 4th Canadian Division Helmet: Published British made, steel, non magnetic, in greenish black, red circle above a green rectangle painted on the front, the red circle representative of the 54th Infantry Battalion, the green