Help insigna on ww1 M17 US Helmet

[saruman]

Hello,
What do you think please from this insigna on this ww1 US helmet, genuine or not ?
Thank you very much for your opinion !
Best regards

[TheGoon]

Very hard to tell as it’s fairly faded, it stands a good chance though in my opinion.

[relicz]

Looks convincing enough.

[Irish1965]

Looks legit. AEF 29th division.

History
The 29th Division was first constituted on paper 18 July 1917, three months after the American entry into World War I, in the U.S. Army National Guard. The division's infantry units were the 57th Infantry Brigade, made up of the 113th and 114th Infantry Regiments, both from New Jersey, and the 58th Infantry Brigade, made up of the 115th Infantry Regiment from Maryland and 116th Infantry Regiment from Virginia. Its artillery units were Maryland's 110th Artillery Regiment; Virginia's 111th Field Artillery Regiment; and New Jersey's 112th Field Artillery Regiment. As the division was composed of men from states that had units that fought for both the North and South during the Civil War, it was nicknamed the "Blue and Gray" division, after the blue uniforms of the Union and the gray uniforms of the Confederate armies during the American Civil War. The division was organized as a unit on 25 August 1917 at Camp McClellan, Alabama.

World War I
The division departed for the Western Front in June 1918 to join the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). The division's advance detachment reached Brest, France on 8 June. In late September, the 29th received orders to join the U.S. First Army's Meuse-Argonne Offensive as part of the French XVII Corps. During its 21 days in combat, the 29th Division advanced seven kilometers, captured 2,148 prisoners, and knocked out over 250 machine guns or artillery pieces. Thirty percent of the division became casualties—170 officers and 5,691 enlisted men were killed or wounded.[10] Shortly thereafter the Armistice with Germany was signed on 11 November 1918, ending hostilities between the Central Powers and the Allied Powers. The division returned to the United States in May 1919. It demobilized on 30 May at Camp Dix, New Jersey. (Wikipedia)


Cheers Paul

[saruman]

Thank you very much for these precisions and for your help !
Best regards

[Jerry B]

looks good to me