9/18/2023 0 Comments M1 helmet usmc cover![]() ![]() Each completed raw M-1 helmet shell weighed 2.25 lbs each. These bodies were made from a single piece of Hadfield Manganese steel that was produced by the Carnegie-Illinois & Sharon Steel Corporations. ![]() ![]() The Ordnance Department selected McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit Michigan to produce the steel M1 helmet bodies. This helmet is heat lot stamped 244C which indicates the approximate manufacture date of August 1942, not long after the U.S. The first production batch resulted with over 323,510 M-1 helmets before the start of the American involvement in the war. WWII M-1 helmet was only produced from 1941 to 1945. Marine Corps EGA logo on the front, and has been personalized with "BORN TO KILL" added to the side. The outer shell was repainted, a new sweatband was fitted, and it was issued with a USMC reversible camouflage cover. As with many WWII helmets, it was kept in service long after WWII was over, and looks to have been reissued for use in Vietnam. 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 Firestone. ![]()
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