Original U.S. WWII Rare Unissued Hawley Paper M1 Helmet Liner with Rayon Suspension Lewis Gun Easter services were attended here

Easter services were attended here

Technical Manual #E9-206A

It is fully carved

though the cardboard stiffener definitely has a bend in the middle where the material has given way and degraded

Original U.S. WWII Rare Unissued Hawley Paper M1 Helmet Liner with Rayon Suspension Lewis Gun Easter services were attended hereOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent unissued example of a rare Hawley pressed paper M1 Helmet liner. They were only issued in very small numbers during the early days of World War Two. Their structural deficiencies were quickly noted, and the replacement "low pressure" and later "high pressure" liners were put into planning and production shortly after. The Hawley liners were however all that was available during the earliest days