Original U.S. WWII Named M1 Schlueter Fixed Bale Helmet with Westinghouse Liner 20th Century All parts are included except

All parts are included except the right receiver plate

Offered in very nice original condition showing just a few moth nips and retaining it's shape and full leather headband marked with initials "N

The date code NC indicates 1945 manufacture

as these do have an everyday use and many were broken

The Hamburg version followed on September 10 and the Bremen version on September 14

Original U.S. WWII Named M1 Schlueter Fixed Bale Helmet with Westinghouse Liner 20th Century All parts are included exceptOriginal Item: Only One Available. 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 of Detroit. Although McCord was supposed to be the single source of M 1 helmet shells, by the summer of 1942 a second company was enlisted to