Original U.S. Late WWII 88th Infantry Division Named Officer M1 McCord Rear Seam Swivel Bale Helmet with Firestone Liner Category_Lock Assembly replacing the multi-piece riveted vent

replacing the multi-piece riveted vent with one stamped directly into the steel

carrying out their mission and protecting the lives of the men entrusted to them in a wartime situation

(The only option available to the British was the Despretz-Niemann-Guthrie process)

as it can be seen where molded markings were removed

As originally designed and produced

Original U.S. Late WWII 88th Infantry Division Named Officer M1 McCord Rear Seam Swivel Bale Helmet with Firestone Liner Category_Lock Assembly replacing the multi-piece riveted ventOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a nice example of a late WWII M1 Helmet made by McCord Radiator, with complete Firestone liner. Both he helmet and liner are name to an officer named ROTH who was a Lieutenant that was apparently promoted to Major (most likely while on Occupation duty after the war.) 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