Original U.S. Late WWII 88th Infantry Division Named Officer M1 McCord Rear Seam Swivel Bale Helmet with Firestone Liner Category_Lock Assembly as it can be seen

as it can be seen where molded markings were removed

The serial Number 237187 can be found on all major parts and indicates the year of manufacture as 1863

Year of Manufacture: 1882

The case is ink stamped with M

It is possible that this is not the first designation on the rifle

Original U.S. Late WWII 88th Infantry Division Named Officer M1 McCord Rear Seam Swivel Bale Helmet with Firestone Liner Category_Lock Assembly as it can be seenOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a nice example of a late WWII M1 Helmet made by McCord Radiator, with complete Firestone liner. Both he helmet and liner are name to an officer named ROTH who was a Lieutenant that was apparently promoted to Major (most likely while on Occupation duty after the war.) 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