Original U.S. WWII 1943 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Helmet with Painted Invasion Stripe & Net - with RARE Hood Rubber Co. Liner U.S. Ammo and an intact tip

and an intact tip

and deliveries were underway by October of that year

She then participated in the assault on and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April 1945

The butt plate tang was at some time bent upward

It is made of the standard rough WWII era canvas that Soviet Forces used

Original U.S. WWII 1943 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Helmet with Painted Invasion Stripe & Net - with RARE Hood Rubber Co. Liner U.S. Ammo and an intact tipOriginal Item: Only One Available. An outstanding example of an early WWII U. S. Combat Helmet that certainly has that been there veteran look! This is an example of a McCord M1 Fixed Bale Helmet, painted with an Officers Leadership Bar on the reverse. Fitted on the helmet is a net which unquestionably has been on this particular helmet for a very long time. Accompanying the helmet is a fine example of a very scarce Hood Low Pressure Helmet Liner,