Original WWII USN USS New Jersey Corpsman Schlueter Front Seam M1 Helmet with Firestone Liner Receiver Top Cover or careening down a steep

or careening down a steep hill in a US army truck that had no brakes

The result was the Gewehrpanzergranate 46 and later the still larger Gewehrpanzergranate 61

Wonderful representative example of this iconic piece of Civil War Federal headgear

and the blade does not appear to have been sharpened more than a few times

Original WWII USN USS New Jersey Corpsman Schlueter Front Seam M1 Helmet with Firestone Liner Receiver Top Cover or careening down a steepOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This excellent genuine WWII U. S. Navy issue helmet issued to a Hospital corpsman (medic). This example in very good condition features a shell painted white with red cross to front USN on right side and USS NJ on left side. The shell is a front seam, swivel bale, M1 made by Schlueter. It features the original chinstrap. The liner is Firestone and has seen significant use, the HBT straps are a bit brittle and the