This was a name created by early helmet collectors because they did not know what the helmet was actually called. This type helmet has been mistakenly called the ‘Chaffee Style’ tank helmet for many years.
Arguably the ‘ugly duckling’ of tank helmets it nevertheless remained in service from 1919 until 1940. The new helmet was finally approved for issue in 1919.
The ‘AEF Tank Helmet’ was on this list and modified and improved but by the time the process was completed the war was over. Patton, Jr., then head of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) Light tank School, sent a request to the fledgling Army Tank Corps HQ in Washington, DC requesting several items be procured or designed for tankers.
Larry Munnikhuysen III, a director at the Virginia War Museum.
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