Original U.S. WWII Schlueter Fixed Bale Front Seam Captain’s M1 Helmet with Matching Firestone Liner Purportedly Found in Bastogne in 2005 - Untouched Breda M-37 The data tag reads as:

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This is a scarce helmet of the WW2 era that saw service against the NSDAP war machine

We all know the tradition that sailing orders were not opened until the ship had sailed

This example is missing the pin on the back

Original U.S. WWII Schlueter Fixed Bale Front Seam Captain’s M1 Helmet with Matching Firestone Liner Purportedly Found in Bastogne in 2005 - Untouched Breda M-37 The data tag reads as:Original 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