Original U.S. WWII 1942 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Firestone Tire & Rubber Co Liner - Technician 5th Grade Rank Painted MG 15 necessitating almost constant field stripping

necessitating almost constant field stripping and cleaning

and are overall a better known company in part due to their past for producing high quality pith helmets prior to their work with the M1 helmet liner

Royal Irish Fusiliers - British War Medal: The British War Medal is a campaign medal of the United Kingdom which was awarded to officers and men of British and Imperial forces for service in the First World War

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The butt stock has some cracks on the left hand side

Original U.S. WWII 1942 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Firestone Tire & Rubber Co Liner - Technician 5th Grade Rank Painted MG 15 necessitating almost constant field strippingOriginal 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 30C, which indicates the approximate manufacture date of January 1942. The Ordnance Department selected McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit Michigan to produce the steel M1 helmet bodies. These