Were WWI 'Tinpot' Helmets Really Better at Preventing TBI? The Army Says No. Officers of the 117th Sanitary Train in Bertricamp, France, April 1918. (Army Reserve History Office) ...

The WWI helmets would do little if anything to protect against the shockwaves from roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices that often come from the ground upward or along a horizontal path.

This remarkable photo, taken in 1918, shows employees of the New York Central Railroad at a celebration in Victory Way, showing off a pyramid of captured German helmets in front of Grand Central ...