Original U.S. WWII 1942 26th Infantry Division “Barn Find” M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Shell Inscriptions & MSA Liner - Staff Sergeant Painted French Pistols This is an excellent rare

This is an excellent rare example of an experimental Ethocelulose Canteen which is dated 1943 and marked AICO by the manufacturer

Now this is a lovely dagger originating from the Middle East

All the offered badges were purchased in a Ministry of Defense Sale in 1996 at Bicester in Oxfordshire

and it closed again at the end of the war

which looks to have been slightly mis-struck

Original U.S. WWII 1942 26th Infantry Division “Barn Find” M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Shell Inscriptions & MSA Liner - Staff Sergeant Painted French Pistols This is an excellent rareOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a heavily service worn example of a genuine early WWII Issue U. S. Army M1 Helmet. The U. S. WWII M 1 helmet was only produced from 1941 to 1945. The first production batch resulted with over 323,510 M 1 helmets before the start of the American involvement in the war. The fixed bales and front seam paired with exterior ripples, this is a strong indicator of early war produced helmets. One of the two fixed bales is