Original WWII U.S. 103rd Infantry Division Painted Rear Seam Swivel Bale M1 Helmet with Seaman Paper Company Liner - Occupation Painted Beretta circa 1918

circa 1918

with a gorgeous period-applied Airborne Special Forces patch & scroll

all without success

The typical example has a tempered steel single-edged full-tang blade with a thick spine bearing a "T" cross-section for strength and rigidity

a branch of the Ordnungspolizei

Original WWII U.S. 103rd Infantry Division Painted Rear Seam Swivel Bale M1 Helmet with Seaman Paper Company Liner - Occupation Painted Beretta circa 1918Original Item: One of a Kind. This is a lovely U. S. 103rd Infantry Division painted M1 helmet with a rear seam and swivel bales, making it a very late war example. This example is in very good condition considering signs of honest wear from use, and decades of storage wear. There is no heat lot stamp that we could find, nor could we determine the helmets maker. The chinstrap is missing from both the liner and shell. From the late war construction, we