Original WWII U.S. Navy McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale M1 Helmet with Firestone Liner

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a genuine WWII U.S. Navy issue Front-Seam Fixed Bale M1 Helmet made by McCord Radiator, fitted with a very nice liner by Firestone. 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 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. This example has been repainted, so we cannot see the heat lot code. However the oval welds on the front seam are definitive for a McCord shell. Schlueter shells had small circular welds. This very good condition M1 shell has correct early war fixed chinstrap loops, called "ba