Original WWII USMC 1942 M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with CAPAC Liner and Cover French Uniforms He attended medical school and

He attended medical school and moved west to serve in the U

16 July 1944 - 17 August 1944

This is an incredibly rare Luftwaffe eagle insignia that was cut from an ultra rare 1st Pattern Paratrooper Smock

with a lovely color and the expected patina of age

It is also marked 273 behind the bolt on the spine of the stock

Original WWII USMC 1942 M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with CAPAC Liner and Cover French Uniforms He attended medical school andOriginal Item: Only One Available. The U. S. WWII M 1 helmet was only produced from 1941 to 1945. The Ordnance Department selected McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit Michigan to produce the steel M1 helmet bodies. These bodies were made from a single piece of Hadfield Manganese steel that was produced by the Carnegie Illinois & Sharon Steel Corporations. Each completed raw M 1 helmet shell weighed 2. 25 lbs each. The later M 1 helmet