Original U.S. WWII Named Early 1943 M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Period Applied Officers’ “Follow Me” Stripe, 1st Lieutenant Bar, M-1944 Net and Westinghouse Liner - Complete Lock Assembly without warning

without warning

and dated 1942

Regardless of the barrel manufacture

looks like it might have carried cigarettes but it is too thin and we were told it is for "visiting cards" much used during Victorian times through World War One but now a thing of the past

It has an excellent condition wood stock of partly curly Walnut and Brass mounts all in good lightly used condition

Original U.S. WWII Named Early 1943 M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Period Applied Officers’ “Follow Me” Stripe, 1st Lieutenant Bar, M-1944 Net and Westinghouse Liner - Complete Lock Assembly without warningOriginal 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 totally correct wartime production "High Pressure" liner by Westinghouse. 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 stamped 415A which