Original U.S. WWII 1942 McCord M1 Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Rare Hawley Paper Liner Brown Bess The badge was then redesignated

The badge was then redesignated the Balloon Pilot Badge and

Brigadier General Hammond

It features a classic "banana" shaped lock plate of totally classic German "angular" style

Dieges & Clust

13 December 1944

Original U.S. WWII 1942 McCord M1 Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Rare Hawley Paper Liner Brown Bess The badge was then redesignatedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice early example of a genuine WWII Front Seam Fixed Bale M1 Helmet made by McCord Radiator, with an extremely rare Hawley pressed paper liner, which is mostly complete, a rare thing to see. 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 heat lot