Original U.S. WWII Named Navy Navigation Brigade McCord M1 Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Rare Hawley Paper Liner - Named to Survivor of USS Astoria Sinking Manufacture Type_Original Items Marine Corps metal set

Marine Corps metal set

though it was stored improperly for a long period

and no signs of having been refurbished

The gear is cast from an alloy and finished with a dull silver wash

easily the best we ever had

Original U.S. WWII Named Navy Navigation Brigade McCord M1 Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Rare Hawley Paper Liner - Named to Survivor of USS Astoria Sinking Manufacture Type_Original Items Marine Corps metal setOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous Navy M1 Helmet identified to John Edward Zavrski, one of the survivors of the sinking of the USS Astoria, which was sunk during the Battle of Savo Island on August 9th, 1942. 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