Original WWII USMC 1942 M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with CAPAC Liner and Cover French Uniforms 16 July 1944 - 17

16 July 1944 - 17 August 1944

the burning wick now absent

An embroidered "Wireless Operator Air Gunner" single-winged aircrew brevet with a wreath containing the letters WAG is sewn above the left breast pocket

with a lovely color and the expected patina of age

WEYERSBERG

Original WWII USMC 1942 M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with CAPAC Liner and Cover French Uniforms 16 July 1944 - 17Original Item: Only One Available. The U. S. WWII M 1 helmet was only produced from 1941 to 1945. The Ordnance Department selected McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit Michigan to produce the steel M1 helmet bodies. These bodies were made from a single piece of Hadfield Manganese steel that was produced by the Carnegie Illinois & Sharon Steel Corporations. Each completed raw M 1 helmet shell weighed 2. 25 lbs each. The later M 1 helmet