Original U.S. WWII Personalized Hawley Paper M1 Helmet Liner with Complete Suspension and Sweatband German SS Many surplus WWII Helmet liners

Many surplus WWII Helmet liners (and helmets) were put back into service with the outbreak of the Korean war

as the sound purportedly signaled to the enemy that the solder's M1 Rifle was empty and they could no longer fire in defense

C marked Mark 2 "Ka-Bar" fighting knife fighting knife with an original leather belt scabbard

The short rifle retains its serial numbers of G 6043 on the barrel

called the muzzle-swell

Original U.S. WWII Personalized Hawley Paper M1 Helmet Liner with Complete Suspension and Sweatband German SS Many surplus WWII Helmet linersOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent example of a rare Hawley pressed paper M1 Helmet liner. They were only issued in very small numbers during the early days of World War Two. Their structural deficiencies were quickly noted, and the replacement "low pressure" and later "high pressure" liners were put into planning and production shortly after. The Hawley liners were however all that was available during the earliest days of M1