Original U.S. WWII 1942 Complete M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Rare Inland Liner

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a genuine early WWII Issue U.S. Army M1 Helmet. 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. The fixed bales and front seam paired with exterior “ripples”, this is a strong indicator of early war produced helmets. There is rippling but light stress cracks have formed. The shell is heat lot stamped with 208A indicating roughly June 1942 manufacture. The shell has a large dent at the dome of the helmet as shown. 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 total production of M-1 helmet shell