Original U.S. WWII 1943 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Helmet with USMC Camo Poncho Cover and Westinghouse Liner Category_Water Jacket Assembly First Special Service Force roster

First Special Service Force roster with Krikorian listed

and it adopted the peaked cap worn by the AFS instead of the peakless sailor-style cap which had been worn by many pre-war fire brigades (including the London Fire Brigade)

It has the name ELGIN on the dial face

and is maker marked and dated on the blade: PIONEER CALCUTTA 1943

It does show some use and sharpening

Original U.S. WWII 1943 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Helmet with USMC Camo Poncho Cover and Westinghouse Liner Category_Water Jacket Assembly First Special Service Force rosterOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a genuine WWII Front Seam Fixed Bale M1 Helmet made by McCord Radiator, with a Westinghouse liner and helmet net. It also has a very nice camouflage cover, made from a section of a USMC reversible camo poncho. The poncho section has lost a lot of flexibility, indicating it was installed on the helmet decades ago, and now retains the shape permanently. The U. S. WWII M 1 helmet was only