Original U.S. WWII 1943 Complete M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Brazed Major’s Insignia and 1st Armored Division Firestone Tire & Rubber Co Liner - Formerly Part of the A.A.F. Tank Museum 81mm Mortar especially by today's standards

especially by today's standards

probably from water exposure

Velvet of the band is worn

The white porcelain stopper is nicely dated 1944 and coded FL UV with a Luftwaffe Eagle

and still has the manufacturers name and address in black underneath:

Original U.S. WWII 1943 Complete M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Brazed Major’s Insignia and 1st Armored Division Firestone Tire & Rubber Co Liner - Formerly Part of the A.A.F. Tank Museum 81mm Mortar especially by today's standardsOriginal 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 faintly stamped 418, which indicates the approximate manufacture date of January 1943. The Ordnance Department selected McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit Michigan to produce the steel M1 helmet