Original WWII 1943 U.S. M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Seaman Paper Co Liner Martini-Henry Bayonets and the need for the

and the need for the 20th Maine to hold the Union left at all costs

This then went to the 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) and then down to the right-hand assault formation

This example is our last remaining Ferguson type breach loading Flintlock Rifle expressly made for the East India Company by the London Gunmaker Henry Nock dated 1776

The "DN" was a patent mark that indicated that the helmet was manufactured in Germany

with wide dark green wool cap band

Original WWII 1943 U.S. M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Seaman Paper Co Liner Martini-Henry Bayonets and the need for theOriginal Item: Only One Available. The U. S. WWII M 1 fixed bale helmet was only produced from 1941 to1943. The first production batch resulted with over 323,510 M 1 helmets before the start of the American involvement in the war. 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