Original U.S. WWII 1942 McCord M1 Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Rare Hawley Paper Liner Martini-Henry Bayonets 1946 and was never involved

1946 and was never involved again

so it can still move back and forth a bit

Of course Cavalry was soon becoming a thing of the past and these long bayonets were being surpassed by different and shorter versions

There is a bit of fouling and oxidation in the grooves

Original U.S. WWII 1942 McCord M1 Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Rare Hawley Paper Liner Martini-Henry Bayonets 1946 and was never involvedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice early example of a genuine WWII Front Seam Fixed Bale M1 Helmet made by McCord Radiator, with an extremely rare Hawley pressed paper liner, which is mostly complete, a rare thing to see. 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