This is an original, named, 1943 U. Marine Corps (USMC) WWII fixed bail M1 helmet with a mid-WWII Westinghouse helmet liner. The fixed bail helmet shell and the liner are an original set and have been together since they were issued to a US WWII GI.
The GI wrote his name and full Army Serial Number (ASN) neatly in ink inside the helmet shell. Is by McCord, it has a heat of steel number stamped into the front (under the front seam), the number is 563D (indicating a likely manufacturing date of 1943).
Has its original khaki cotton chinstraps, both the long strap and the short ...
