Original U.S. WWII Air Gunner School M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Liner Brown Bess Musket Parts 5' in overall length

5' in overall length

After the outbreak of the First World War in Europe

Only 5 1/2" in overall length

In May 1965

Bayonet was originally designed for the Lee-Enfiied Rifle No

Original U.S. WWII Air Gunner School M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Liner Brown Bess Musket Parts 5' in overall lengthOriginal Item: Only One Available. The U. S. WWII M 1 helmet was only produced from 1941 to 1945. The Ordnance Department selected McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit Michigan to produce the steel M1 helmet bodies. These bodies were made from a single piece of Hadfield Manganese steel that was produced by the Carnegie Illinois & Sharon Steel Corporations. Each completed raw M 1 helmet shell weighed 2. 25 lbs each. The later M 1 helmet