Brodie helmet
Casco Brodie
- Date
- 1915 · confidence high
- Place
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- John Leopold Brodie
- Field
- Conflict
What it is
Inventor John Leopold Brodie (born Leopolds Jenno Braude) patented the wide-brimmed, dish-shaped Brodie steel helmet in London in 1915, adopted by the British and US armies as standard shrapnel protection during the First World War.
What it led to
- US M1917 helmet
- British Mark I helmet
- Standardization of 20th-century combat helmets