Original WWII USMC 1942 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Helmet with MSA Liner, Helmet Net and Custom Camo Cover Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly for the rod sections

for the rod sections

though the extractor/ejector is missing

Since helmet shells were made in different sizes

The black ostrich feather plume is attached on the back of the eagle "I" button which passes through the black silk cockade to the inside of the hat

Double edged blade of 39" with one fuller only running about 8" down the center on either side

Original WWII USMC 1942 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Helmet with MSA Liner, Helmet Net and Custom Camo Cover Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly for the rod sectionsOriginal Item: Only One Available. The U. S. WWII M 1 helmet was only produced from 1941 to 1945. The Ordnance Department selected McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit Michigan to produce the steel M1 helmet bodies. These bodies were made from a single piece of Hadfield Manganese steel that was produced by the Carnegie Illinois & Sharon Steel Corporations. Each completed raw M 1 helmet shell weighed 2. 25 lbs each. The later M 1 helmet