Original U.S. WWII 1943 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Net - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co Liner Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets and crossed rifles infantry pin

and crossed rifles infantry pin

The edges of the shell were rolled over in the earliest type known as A

The base of the head on the steel sleeve portion of the wood pole is nicely marked: R-Z 13

Complete with brass mounts and brass tipped ram rod

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Original U.S. WWII 1943 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Net - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co Liner Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets and crossed rifles infantry pinOriginal Item: Only One Available. The U. S. WWII M 1 helmet was only produced from 1941 to 1945. The first production batch resulted with over 323,510 M 1 helmets before the start of the American involvement in the war. This helmet is stamped 557B, which indicates the approximate manufacture date of May June 1943. The Ordnance Department selected McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit Michigan to produce the steel M1 helmet bodies.