Original U.S. WWII 1942 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Helmet with Rare Personalized & Dated Hawley Paper Liner Category_MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly after service

after service

A few gunners wore a chest parachute

New York at the end of September 1942 as one of the original three squadrons of the 348th Fighter Group

over the IHS badge of the "Order of the Seraphim"

and wrote this of the experience:

Original U.S. WWII 1942 M1 McCord Fixed Bale Helmet with Rare Personalized & Dated Hawley Paper Liner Category_MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly after serviceOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent example of a genuine WWII Front Seam Fixed Bale M1 Helmet made by McCord Radiator, with an extremely rare Hawley pressed paper line. These liners are quite delicate, and often were replaced during the war, making them very hard to find. This liner in particular was decorated and personalized by the owner H. Taylor, who marked his name many times on the outside, and also drew a very nice tree with