Original WWII U.S. Navy “Battleship Grey” Painted M1 Front Seam Swivel Bale Helmet with Westinghouse Liner French & Indian War Dark-feathered Blackie Harrington was assigned

Dark-feathered Blackie Harrington was assigned to a unit on Guadalcanal near a place known as the Catcher’s Mitt because so many bombs fell there

while unnamed

participation in WWII night games in Ebbets Field in Brooklyn almost doubled as did those on the road

It is in good service worn condition

The label is named in hand written ink Major H

Original WWII U.S. Navy “Battleship Grey” Painted M1 Front Seam Swivel Bale Helmet with Westinghouse Liner French & Indian War Dark-feathered Blackie Harrington was assignedOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an excellent example of a WWII U. S. Navy Painted M1 Helmet. It is a circa 1944 M1 McCord Front Seam Swivel Bale Helmet, painted in battleship grey blue with a WWII Issue Westinghouse "High Pressure" 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