Original U.S. WWII 1942 2nd Lt. Marked M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with MSA Liner Military Maps action cover

action cover

Rear case nomenclature:

The head is cut from a German postage stamp and at first glance it appears that ‘Der Fuehrer’ is being strangled by the fisherman's rope - exactly the desired effect

The steel dagger blade still has all of the original blued finish

The serial number is 120170A denoting the year of manufacture as 1883

Original U.S. WWII 1942 2nd Lt. Marked M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with MSA Liner Military Maps action coverOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a genuine early WWII Issue U. S. Army M1 Helmet, with a white "Follow Me" Lt. Stripe on the back of the helmet shell. There is also the stripe in gold paint for a 2nd Lt. Rank on the front of both the shell and the liner. The rear stripe does have the name "Harold Fields" written in it, but we do not know if this is WWII period or added later. The U. S. WWII M 1 helmet was only produced