Original U.S. WWII Red Ball Express M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Hawley Paper Liner Percusion Muskets and defending Soviet troops suffered

and defending Soviet troops suffered heavy casualties as the Axis forces tried to advance through the Isthmus of Perekop linking the Crimean peninsula to the mainland at Perekop

There is some oxidation on the aluminum fittings where the finish has lifted

Overall Length: 54 Inches

95 See item Code # BL1003

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Original U.S. WWII Red Ball Express M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Hawley Paper Liner Percusion Muskets and defending Soviet troops sufferedOriginal 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, that has a red circle insignia painted on the front representing the RED BALL EXPRESS. Hawley liners are quite delicate, and often were replaced during the war, making them very hard to find. The Red Ball Express was a famed truck convoy system that supplied