Original U.S. WWII Unissued M1 Schlueter Rear Seam Swivel Bale Helmet with Firestone Liner - Complete Category_MG 42 Accessories “Silver” Emerson in action during

“Silver” Emerson in action during the Solomon Islands campaign in his painting "Defending the Ship

31 percussion fuse

and has polishing lines that are not the type seen on original blades

which may be a trade lock from elsewhere in Europe

The Wehrkreis VI (Münster) was a territorial military general command during the time of the Weimar Republic and the National Socialist German Reich and existed from 1919 to 1945

Original U.S. WWII Unissued M1 Schlueter Rear Seam Swivel Bale Helmet with Firestone Liner - Complete Category_MG 42 Accessories “Silver” Emerson in action duringOriginal Item: Only One Available. In World War II the production of the M1 helmet began in June 1941 and ceased in September 1945. The total production of M 1 helmet shells during the war reached 22,000,000. Of these about 20,000,000 were produced by the main contractor McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit. Although McCord was supposed to be the single source of M 1 helmet shells, by the summer of 1942 a second company was enlisted to