Original WWII U.S. Navy Painted Front Seam Fixed Bale McCord M1 Helmet with Seaman Paper Company Liner Sales The blade is dated 1862

The blade is dated 1862 very faintly on the ricasso below U

By six o'clock on the evening of 26 September the first wave of the 315th Infantry had crawled up the hill slopes and into the Hindenburg trench

This is definitely an Officer's pistol

The Great War erupted in August 1914 and the British were far from ready

This resulted in a line of double stitching being evident on the ‘upper toe' of the boot and it is easy to discern the difference between the two designs

Original WWII U.S. Navy Painted Front Seam Fixed Bale McCord M1 Helmet with Seaman Paper Company Liner Sales The blade is dated 1862Original Item: One of a Kind. This is a lovely U. S. Navy painted M1 helmet with a front seam and fixed bales. This example is in very good condition considering signs of honest wear from use, and decades of storage wear. There is a heat stamp, 440A, on the interior. The liner is missing its sweatband and chinstrap. The Ordnance Department selected McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit Michigan to produce the steel M1 helmet bodies.