Original U.S. WWII Early 1942 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Rare Hawley Paper Liner U.S. Machine Guns - Viet Cong Back Pack

- Viet Cong Back Pack with name tag

Most examples encountered today exhibit breakage

Copied exclusively from an IMA original sample making it easily the very best reproduction on the market today

the Division served in southern Hungary in front-line fighting against the advancing Russians

The side of the "receiver" is marked:

Original U.S. WWII Early 1942 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Rare Hawley Paper Liner U.S. Machine Guns - Viet Cong Back PackOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent example of a genuine WWII Front Seam Fixed Bale M1 Helmet made by McCord Radiator, with an extremely rare Hawley pressed paper line. These liners are quite delicate, and often were replaced during the war, making them very hard to find. This liner survived the war, but definitely suffered damage from use. The U. S. WWII M 1 helmet was only produced from 1941 to 1945. The first production batch