Original U.S. WWII 1942 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale M1 Helmet with Firestone Liner, Helmet Net & Burlap Camo

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a genuine WWII Front-Seam Fixed Bale M1 Helmet made by McCord Radiator, fitted with a very nice liner by Firestone. The exterior is also fitted with a lovely WWII issue helmet net, which has colored burlap strips inserted to increase the camouflage profile. Really a great WWII Helmet setup here! 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 225B which indicates the approximate manufacture date of August 1942, not long after the U.S. entered WWII. 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 s