This is an original and exceptionally early WWII U.S. McCord manufactured fixed loop M1 helmet shell. The heat stamp of 42A 2 dates the helmet's production to mid-1941 - months before the United States entered the war. It retains its original factory paint, cork texture, and field re-stitched OD#3 (khaki) chinstraps. The chinstraps feature the early cast-brass buckle, carried over from the M1917A1 helmet. The early style fixed loops are strong and intact. This helmet would pair quite nicely with a first pattern Hawley, St. Clair, or even an experimental liner.