Original U.S. WWII 1942 M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Rare Inland Liner One-of-a-Kind it has large yellow cockade

it has large yellow cockade  on the frontsurrounding the Austrian red and white "bullseye" emblem

The M1843 Tschapka was a tall helmet with a squared top which was secured with gilt chinscales

these are extremely rare and very hard to find on today's market

Research reveals that serial number 2184 dates to year of manufacture of 1894

The "Sawback" is still quite sharp

Original U.S. WWII 1942 M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Rare Inland Liner One-of-a-Kind it has large yellow cockadeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice service worn example of a genuine early WWII Issue U. S. Army M1 Helmet, with a nice helmet net. 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 before the start of the American involvement in the war. This helmet is heat lot stamped 130B, which indicates the approximate manufacture date of April May 1942. The front