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Description
This is an original WWII U.S. M-1 helmet liner. Stenciled on its front in white paint is the original rank insignia of a first lieutenant. The duck cloth liner body was produced by Inland Manufacturing Division, a subsidiary of General Motors Company located in Dayton, Ohio, but was then finished by Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, who received all of Inland's unfinished helmet liners when its focus shifted to producing other war materiel, such as the M-1 Carbine. It features green painted steel A-washers and a Paul K. Weil Co. manufactured OD#3 (khaki) suspension, approximately dating the liner's production from mid-1943 to mid-1944. The suspension comes complete with its original Goldsmith Bros. Manufacturing Co. headband and a recently installed Gem-Dandy, Inc. size medium neckband. The liner's exterior retains its original olive drab factory finish.
Provenance
Private Collection, West Milford, New Jersey
Condition Report
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This helmet liner is in excellent, lightly used condition.
