Original U.S. WWII Matched 1943 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Firestone Tire & Rubber Co Liner, Named To US Navy Seabee Stationed at Pearl Harbor - Complete U.S. Antique Guns There has been some sharpening

There has been some sharpening

500 more were used to arm tank destroyers

and the fore stock does have some missing on the right front edge

4 1/2" at the rear seam and the top is 4 1/2"“ in diameter

The bands are all matching and all retain their original screw keeper at the end of the tension screw

Original U.S. WWII Matched 1943 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Firestone Tire & Rubber Co Liner, Named To US Navy Seabee Stationed at Pearl Harbor - Complete U.S. Antique Guns There has been some sharpeningOriginal Item: Only One Available. 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 stamped 631D, which indicates the approximate manufacture date of June July 1943. The Ordnance Department selected McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit Michigan to produce the steel M1 helmet bodies.