Original U.S. WWII M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Net and MSA Liner British "Bobby" Police the First Battalion went forward

the First Battalion went forward without resistance until it had crossed the Forges Brook

There are no markings on the buckle itself indicating the manufacturer

Then the album moves to the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games for a few pages then to the Deutsches Turn- und Sportfest 1938 in Breslau

All in all a very nice and hard to find decorated Colonel’s tunic from the Great War

Complete with the earliest regimental buttons and lush gilt facings to cuffs and collar

Original U.S. WWII M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Net and MSA Liner British "Bobby" Police the First Battalion went forwardOriginal Item: Only One Available. The U. S. WWII M 1 helmet was only produced from 1941 to 1945. The first production batch resulted with over 323,510 M 1 helmets before the start of the American involvement in the war. This helmet has fixed bales and a front rim seam, which along with the flat stamped brass chinstrap buckle, indicates production at the end of 1943. The Ordnance Department selected McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit