Original U.S. WWII McCord M1 Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Westinghouse Liner & Period-Applied Stiff Helmet Net British Machine Guns and the blade is definitely

and the blade is definitely a bit lighter and narrower now

Serial number 355303A denotes year of manufacture as 1890

Parkerized finish

It is estimated that the I Class Cross was awarded around 121 times

but we have no way to verify that

Original U.S. WWII McCord M1 Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Westinghouse Liner & Period-Applied Stiff Helmet Net British Machine Guns and the blade is definitelyOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a genuine WWII Front Seam Fixed Bale M1 Helmet made by McCord Radiator, fitted with a very nice liner by Westinghouse. This example was fitted during the period with a helmet net, which is now very fragile with some holes and tearing. 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