Original U.S. WWII 1942 2nd Lt. Marked M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with MSA Liner Military Maps The serial number is 120170A

The serial number is 120170A denoting the year of manufacture as 1883

The steel dagger blade still has all of the original blued finish

These bombs represent bombing missions

Here we have a horse's hoof

indicating that this helmet was put back into service for that conflict

Original U.S. WWII 1942 2nd Lt. Marked M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with MSA Liner Military Maps The serial number is 120170AOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a genuine early WWII Issue U. S. Army M1 Helmet, with a white "Follow Me" Lt. Stripe on the back of the helmet shell. There is also the stripe in gold paint for a 2nd Lt. Rank on the front of both the shell and the liner. The rear stripe does have the name "Harold Fields" written in it, but we do not know if this is WWII period or added later. The U. S. WWII M 1 helmet was only produced