Original U.S. WWII Personalized Hawley Paper M1 Helmet Liner with Complete Suspension and Sweatband British Militaria The MP38 was only produced

The MP38 was only produced fewer than two years 1938 to early 1940 before it was determined that the machined parts were to labor intensive and expensive to produce so stamped parts were made and the model number was changed to the MP40

which is where the tang meets the actual cutting part of the blade

Both of these are inert and have been fully deactivated following guidelines provided by the ATF

On April 22

Original U.S. WWII Personalized Hawley Paper M1 Helmet Liner with Complete Suspension and Sweatband British Militaria The MP38 was only producedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent example of a rare Hawley pressed paper M1 Helmet liner. They were only issued in very small numbers during the early days of World War Two. Their structural deficiencies were quickly noted, and the replacement "low pressure" and later "high pressure" liners were put into planning and production shortly after. The Hawley liners were however all that was available during the earliest days of M1