Original U.S. WWII 1942 Complete M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Rare Inland Liner Category_Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts This helmet dates to around

This helmet dates to around the turn of the century and does not have a visible date

and is maker marked on the top of the barrel:

(The slips are to be numbered and filled out in accordance with the registration list

Battalion Liaison Officer of the 880th FA (Field Artillery) Battalion

In its later life

Original U.S. WWII 1942 Complete M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Rare Inland Liner Category_Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts This helmet dates to aroundOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a genuine early WWII Issue U. S. Army M1 Helmet. 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. The fixed bales and front seam paired with exterior ripples, this is a strong indicator of early war produced helmets. There is rippling but light stress