Original U.S. WWII 1943 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Net - Inland/Firestone Tire & Rubber Co Liner Napoleonic Please see full-color

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The serial number

This one is in great shape with a unit marking on the back

and appear to either have never been present or professionally removed

Initially using the Metford barrel the carbine was developed from its larger parent rifle the Magazine Lee-Metford (MLM)

Original U.S. WWII 1943 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Net - Inland/Firestone Tire & Rubber Co Liner Napoleonic Please see full-colorOriginal 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 196B, which indicates a very early manufacture date! The Ordnance Department selected McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit Michigan to produce the steel M1 helmet bodies. These bodies were made