Original U.S. WWII 1943 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Net - Inland/Firestone Tire & Rubber Co Liner Original Antique Guns Society for Visual Education IncProperty

Society for Visual Education IncProperty

showing no repairs

but it is in a replacement binder and in document protectors

A single edged robust steel blade with fuller along the back edge

and does show service wear

Original U.S. WWII 1943 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Net - Inland/Firestone Tire & Rubber Co Liner Original Antique Guns Society for Visual Education IncPropertyOriginal 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 stamped 583B, which indicates the approximate manufacture date of May June 1943. The Ordnance Department selected McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit Michigan to produce the steel M1 helmet bodies.