US M1 helmet front seam McCord

[Kamuflaza]

Hello,

as I tried to research this one I couldn't find the exact confirmation for the manufacturer.
So I'm asking for help. Is this a McCord heat stamp? The helmet is front seam, painted in Vietnam era green color with swivel bales.

Heat stamp reads 35B 1, also I'm adding a picture of it.

Thanks in advance!

[Twthmoses]

Thats an early McCord up to around 60-70 (maybe later?) you Can find the stamps with an extra number (1-2-3) after the letter. Don’t know why they have these. One explanation might be that some heat & lift simply produced more disc’s than normal, thus more numbers needed?
You keep that shells, they don’t come around too often.

[Tank Destroyer]

If it swivel loop it not early unless the loops were repaired and changed from fixed to swivel

[Kamuflaza]

Thanks for your answers! The bales could be replaced even during the ww2 period, when we know that swivel bales are introduced early as 1943.

I just wanted to know if is it geunine McCord.

[Steve27752]

If there is a weld spot in the rim where the bales are. It was originally a fixed bale.

[Kamuflaza]

Yes there are! Many thanks!!!