Original U.S. WWII Rare Lieutenant’s Hawley Paper Co M1 Helmet Liner With Wartime Updated Suspension and Laundry Number Brown Bess Musket Parts with lots of intact plating

with lots of intact plating on both the front and back

and features a very nice wooden "bag" style grip

He is on the second page

The right side of the butt stock has proofs

HUDSON & CO

Original U.S. WWII Rare Lieutenant’s Hawley Paper Co M1 Helmet Liner With Wartime Updated Suspension and Laundry Number Brown Bess Musket Parts with lots of intact platingOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a rough example of a rare Hawley pressed paper M1 Helmet liner, worn by a Lieutenant as indicated by the 2nd Lieutenant bar painted to the front. 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