Original U.S. WWII Unit Marked 1943 M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet With CAPAC Liner - First Sergeant, 17th Armored Engineer Battalion Original Antique Guns with some light staining and

with some light staining and overall oxidation on the various awards

Previously

The green paint is well preserved and only exhibits minor blemishes

gold (now faded to green) piping

though it has faded to a brown color and become  brittle

Original U.S. WWII Unit Marked 1943 M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet With CAPAC Liner - First Sergeant, 17th Armored Engineer Battalion Original Antique Guns with some light staining andOriginal 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 Firestone liner. 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 623C which indicates the approximate manufacture date of August 1943, just