M1 Helmet Motor Wheel Corporation with Mestinghouse-Capac Liner
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I wanted to show you this helmet here.
It is the first M1 production after 1945 from 1953 to approx. 1958 by McCord and the subcontractor Motor Wheel Corporation.
McCord's shells are M-xxx and Motor Weel Co. MW / MWA heat-stamped. There is no longer any information about the level of production.
Slight changes were made in production. So the helmets were painted in OD # 7. The roughening of the paint was carried out using quartz sand. The edge / edge protection was made of steel and closed at the back.
The then new chin straps with fastening clips were issued with the helmets. The metal parts, except for the hanging hook and the hanging ball, were painted in OD # 7. The closure was rounded at the top. The suspension balls were marked with the manufacturer.
The webbing of the chinstrap was also OD # 7-colored but otherwise unchanged.
At the beginning of the 1950's the production of liners was resumed. This was a production by CAPAC - Divison of Westinghouse (WO) These are marked with 1951/1952 and 53, which, however, did not do that. The year of production shows the year of manufacture of the molds 1951 - 53. The actual year of production can therefore be later.
The early liners from this manufacturer had olive-painted "A-Washers" and the later ones painted black. The earlier ones are much rarer.
The webbing according to the specification "1953A" (has nothing to do with a year) in HBT is also colored in OD # 7.
The inner helmets still have the "insigina hole" at the front. The liners were also painted in a color similar to OD # 7 with a sand insert.
The helmet has the following heat stamp: MWA60
It has its original paintwork, is clearly worn and has a USMC helmet cover, manufactured since 1953/54, with EGA printed on the front.
This imprint was probably made from the mid-1950s. These helmet covers in HBT were also reissued from 1953.
The liner is a CAPAC-WO 51-52 with olive painted material parts.
The sweatband and neck band are matching and manufactured in 1953.
The chinstrap of the liner is not dated and probably comes from later WW2 or early 1950's production and also has an olive lacquered clasp.
This combination was worn by the USMC in Vietnam.
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