Original U.S. WWII 1st Infantry Div. 1943 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Helmet & M1943 Field Jacket - The Big Red One Category_Snider Rifle Accessories 424 horses and mules

424 horses and mules

The display of a Lefaucheux breech-loading gun inspired English apprentice gunmaker Edwin Charles Hodges (1831-1925) to make an improved copy and persuade leading London gun maker Joseph Lang that this was the gun of the future

extending past the end of the cross

By nightfall

The musket has a bannister rail butt stock and the brass trigger guard of 2nd model Brown Bess style

Original U.S. WWII 1st Infantry Div. 1943 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Helmet & M1943 Field Jacket - The Big Red One Category_Snider Rifle Accessories 424 horses and mulesOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a genuine WWII Front Seam Fixed Bale M1 Helmet made by McCord Radiator, along with a very good condition M1943 Field Jacket. Both bear the Insignia of the U. S. Army 1st Infantry Division, known as "The Big Red One." It looks as though the helmet was repainted post war, possibly to match the jacket, but it is definitely all WWII construction. The Jacket, Field, M1943 was standardized