Original U.S. WWII McCord M1 Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Westinghouse Liner & Damaged Helmet Net Lewis Gun particularly on the chape fitting

particularly on the chape fitting

and after some investigation

Only one side has a sewn border

These external forces were often not able to fight the flames

Original U.S. WWII McCord M1 Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Westinghouse Liner & Damaged Helmet Net Lewis Gun particularly on the chape fittingOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a genuine WWII Front Seam Fixed Bale M1 Helmet made by McCord Radiator, fitted with a very nice liner by Westinghouse. This example has a helmet net, which is now broken open with large holes and tearing, and the majority of the front of the net is broken off. 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