Original U.S. WWII 1942 2nd Lt. Marked M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with MSA Liner Military Maps The head is cut from

The head is cut from a German postage stamp and at first glance it appears that ‘Der Fuehrer’ is being strangled by the fisherman's rope - exactly the desired effect

Here we have a horse's hoof

These bombs represent bombing missions

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 head is cut fromOriginal 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