Original WWII USMC M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with MSA Liner and Cover Military Art later designated the 1st Infantry

later designated the 1st Infantry Division

This is a WWII German National Banner that measures 28 inches wide by 70 inches long

The company would continue to operate under that name for the next 20 years

originally made between 1858 and the end of the Civil War

Original WWII USMC M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with MSA Liner and Cover Military Art later designated the 1st InfantryOriginal Item: Only One Available. The U. S. WWII M 1 helmet was only produced from 1941 to 1945. The Ordnance Department selected McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit Michigan to produce the steel M1 helmet bodies. These bodies were made from a single piece of Hadfield Manganese steel that was produced by the Carnegie Illinois & Sharon Steel Corporations. Each completed raw M 1 helmet shell weighed 2. 25 lbs each. The later M 1 helmet