Original WWII U.S. Navy “Battleship Grey” Painted M1 Front Seam Swivel Bale Helmet with Westinghouse Liner Receiver 1942 the 323rd was told

1942 the 323rd was told it was now on its own and would be moving in a few days to another base to continue its combat training

The patent COLTS PATENT marking on the left side of the frame is quite faint for the same reason

It was near the town of Rotha that members of Regimental Headquarters Company met the enemy on 18 April

and examples saw service during the Indochina Wars

the group disembarked in Liverpool

Original WWII U.S. Navy “Battleship Grey” Painted M1 Front Seam Swivel Bale Helmet with Westinghouse Liner Receiver 1942 the 323rd was toldOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an excellent example of a WWII U. S. Navy Painted M1 Helmet. It is a circa 1944 M1 McCord Front Seam Swivel Bale Helmet, painted in battleship grey blue with a WWII Issue Westinghouse "High Pressure" Liner. 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 American involvement in the war. This helmet is heat lot