Original U.S. WWII 1942 McCord M1 Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Rare Hawley Paper Liner Snider Rifle Brace one hand on unit

Brace one hand on unit and pull rope hard to give a quick spin to engine

and the ball has a few age cracks

This carbine has a 22 1/2" barrel fitted with tiny Carbine flip rear sight and is 39" in overall length

But the confrontations were set aside once the Germans occupied Vichy France

The main US version produced

Original U.S. WWII 1942 McCord M1 Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Rare Hawley Paper Liner Snider Rifle Brace one hand on unitOriginal 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