Posted 2 years ago
wickencrafts
(166 items)
This showed up here today.
Seller did not know any history about it
That makes 2 of us
I am not sure how old it is
Is it US Issue
Has the liner and tattered chin strap
Great big gobs of patina , dents etc
I am not good with dating these, but the liner looks be a desirable airborne liner!
scott
OK
really do n know
All shells with a seam in the front for the rim that wraps around the lower part of the shell, like yours, are WWII era. In 1944, they moved the seam to the back of the shell.
Your shell has had a repaint, but you can still see some of the corking (textured bumps in the paint) applied during WWII.
Liner is Airborne, and looks to be post-war rigger modified. War-time examples, the A-Yolks were riveted using the existing A-washers. Post-war see them attached above the A-washer with a separate rivet.
There is a makers stamp in the center, underside of the helmet. Hard to make out which one it could be.
I'd say the set in it's current configuration could have been used anytime post-war up to early Vietnam, but leaning towards 50's.
Sorry, quick edit; the underside, center of the Liner there is a maker stamp, not the shell.
Your shell looks like a McCord. There were two major manufacturers of WWII era M1's; McCord and Schlueter. Schlueter have a higher profile, and an "S" stamped on the underside of the brim.
Your shell has a swivel loop for the chinstrap, which would date the configuration to mid-late 1944. Earlier examples had a fixed loop.
Airborne helmets have a tight chin strap that prevents the helmet from coming off during descent in a parachute. Ground troops have a chin strap that is designed to separate if the soldier is near an explosion at ground level. Otherwise the pressure of the explosion would rip off his head.