Original U.S. WWII Vietnam Reissue M1 McCord Front Seam Swivel Bale Helmet with USMC Camouflage Cover Madsen LMG The handle is solid

The handle is solid

All are held together with rivets

typical of a helmet that was used in the field

The tank then left the highway and veered toward the 37mm gun on the west side of the road

Original U.S. WWII Vietnam Reissue M1 McCord Front Seam Swivel Bale Helmet with USMC Camouflage Cover Madsen LMG The handle is solidOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a genuine late WWII Issue U. S. Army M1 Helmet, which like many was then reissued for use during later conflicts. This example may have been used in the Korean War, but definitely saw use in the Vietnam war. It has a standard USMC Reversible Camouflage cover. 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