Description
During the Philippines campaign
A search for a better helmet than the M35 began as soon as the results of the Polish campaign came in at the end of 1939
and in the medium machine gun role
the grip is also often leather-covered but the pommel is always of metal
maker marked and dated 1915
Original U.S. WWII 1944 M1 McCord Swivel Bale Front Seam Helmet with Westinghouse Liner Replica Non-Firing Pistols & Rifles During the Philippines campaignOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a genuine late WWII Issue U. S. Army M1 Helmet, with a very nice WWII Issue 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 848A, which indicates the approximate manufacture date of March April 1944. The Ordnance