Original WWII U.S. Navy “Battleship Grey” Painted M1 Front Seam Swivel Bale Helmet with Westinghouse Liner Receiver The cover displays the 1808/1859

The cover displays the 1808/1859 rampant lion motif/crest of the British East India Company

That is why I had no insignia on my fatigue

the group disembarked in Liverpool

The patent COLTS PATENT marking on the left side of the frame is quite faint for the same reason

We have had several of these in the past

Original WWII U.S. Navy “Battleship Grey” Painted M1 Front Seam Swivel Bale Helmet with Westinghouse Liner Receiver The cover displays the 1808/1859Original Item: One of a kind. This is an excellent example of a WWII U. S. Navy Painted M1 Helmet. It is a circa 1944 M1 McCord Front Seam Swivel Bale Helmet, painted in battleship grey blue with a WWII Issue Westinghouse "High Pressure" 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