Original U.S. WWII 1943 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Helmet with USMC HBT Camo Cover and Westinghouse Liner Category_Brunswick Guns Full and semi-automatic fire mode

Full and semi-automatic fire mode

spring-loaded handle

that the Kremlin was "well aware" of the importance of the transatlantic sea lane and was readying submarines to fight another possible Battle of the Atlantic

Phelper must have gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal his camera (almost certainly a Box Brownie)

5" in diameter

Original U.S. WWII 1943 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Helmet with USMC HBT Camo Cover and Westinghouse Liner Category_Brunswick Guns Full and semi-automatic fire modeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a genuine mid WWII Issue U. S. Marine Corps issued helmet, complete with a very rare HBT Reversible EGA (both sides) marked Camouflage cover. These were only issued to Marines during WWII, and were all made of Herringbone Twill fabric, unlike later versions. It does not have the additional holes seen on the "2nd Pattern" for attaching foliage, so this is most likely a first pattern