Bashford Dean and the Development of Helmets and Body Armor during World War I – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/bashford-dean-and-the-development-of-helmets-and-body-armor-during-world-war-i
Dean’s pioneering efforts helped pave the way for this life-saving change in attitudes toward the use of modern body armor.
and armor collector in America and eventually bequeathed his collection to the Philadelphia