Original U.S. WWII US Navy 1942 McCord M1 Fixed Bale Helmet with Rare Matched Hawley Paper Liner MG 42 The Haenel Sport Modell 33

The Haenel Sport Modell 33 was

and there is also still the maker's logo under the shield:

Original Item: John Wayne’s favorite gun

650 to a private collector

and the frame is marked with shortened serial number 86

Original U.S. WWII US Navy 1942 McCord M1 Fixed Bale Helmet with Rare Matched Hawley Paper Liner MG 42 The Haenel Sport Modell 33Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice early example of a genuine WWII Front Seam Fixed Bale M1 Helmet made by McCord Radiator, with an extremely rare Hawley pressed paper liner, which is mostly complete, a rare thing to see. 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. This helmet is heat lot