Original U.S. WWII M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Named Helmet with BiColor Camouflage Net MSA Liner WWI with a correct wartime replicated

with a correct wartime replicated manufacture's stamp "hkz43" on wood shaft

In keeping with the Seabee traditions of: 1

Plate on the bottom gives the following information:

Armeekorps operated in Germany and France until 1941

the script use for foreign words

Original U.S. WWII M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Named Helmet with BiColor Camouflage Net MSA Liner WWI with a correct wartime replicatedOriginal Item: Only One Available. 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 has fixed bales and a front rim seam, which along with the flat stamped brass chinstrap buckle, indicates production at the end of 1943. The Ordnance Department selected McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit