Experimental Defense for the Neck
Culture
American
Date1918
Mediumsteel and copper with sponge rubber and paint
Dimensions31 × 30.3 × 23.2 cm (12 3/16 × 11 15/16 × 9 1/8 in.), 1 lb 9 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1176.2
DescriptionOf ballistic manganese steel, die-pressed; vulcanized sponge rubber; olive drab paint. 1-piece, asymetrically curving over the top of chest, with curved neck opening & depressed edge at right for shouldering rifle. Edges inwardly turned & flattened. Prolonged in pair of extensions curving over top of shoulders, & having grommeted holes for lacing to uniform "epaulettes". Base of defense with curved rubber cushion inside.ProvenancePurchased by the museum on 10 June 1940 from Russell Uniform Company (1600 Broadway, NYC). Previously lot #107, U.S. Army Ordnance sale, Middletown Ordnance Reserve Department (Middletown, PA), 19 December 1922. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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