Original U.S. WWII Named USMC M1 Schlueter Fixed Bale Helmet with 3rd Pattern Cover and Firestone Liner - Complete Category_Flintlock Pistols with a partly bright finish

with a partly bright finish and crisp lands and grooves

Across the top there is a brass Germanic crown over a small photographic likeness of Kaiser Wilhelm

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equipped with an aluminum lamp socket in the place of where the fuse would be

Original U.S. WWII Named USMC M1 Schlueter Fixed Bale Helmet with 3rd Pattern Cover and Firestone Liner - Complete Category_Flintlock Pistols with a partly bright finishOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a fantastic front seam fixed bale Schlueter M1 helmet with a complete Firestone liner and a totally genuine 3rd Pattern USMC cover. In World War II the production of the M1 helmet began in June 1941 and ceased in September 1945. The total production of M 1 helmet shells during the war reached 22,000,000. Of these about 20,000,000 were produced by the main contractor McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company