denfly Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I have a helmet with a stamped batch number 120C. It's a front seam with the seam not being stainless. That number would make it a 1942 production. That type of seam was used after 1943. Is it possible due to the gap between the number 1 and 2 that another number failed to get stamped? Link to post Share on other sites
WW2JAKE Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 something doesnt seem right with that. could you take a more clear close up of the number? "America shall win the war. Therefore, I will work. I will save. I will sacrifice. I will endure. I will fight cheerfully and do my utmost, as if the whole issue of the struggle depended on me alone." -Martin A. Treptow Jake L. NO ONE IN HISTORY HAS EVER CHOKED TO DEATH FROM SWALLOWING THEIR PRIDE.Heaven help me, how I miss my friend Link to post Share on other sites
denfly Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 That's the best I could do, it's upside down. Link to post Share on other sites
WW2JAKE Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 i dont see a 1 next to the 2 "America shall win the war. Therefore, I will work. I will save. I will sacrifice. I will endure. I will fight cheerfully and do my utmost, as if the whole issue of the struggle depended on me alone." -Martin A. Treptow Jake L. NO ONE IN HISTORY HAS EVER CHOKED TO DEATH FROM SWALLOWING THEIR PRIDE.Heaven help me, how I miss my friend Link to post Share on other sites
Screamingeagles101 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Is it a fixed bail or swivel ? Link to post Share on other sites
denfly Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 Swivel manganese bails. The one is almost an inch away from the two. I remember reading somewhere that a weeks worth of helmets were made in 1944 with a missing digit due to some fault with the stamping process. Link to post Share on other sites
BILL THE PATCH Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 i see a scratch that looks like a #1, hard to tell pics blurry. it looks like the #2 is the first # Link to post Share on other sites
mruiz Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I have my DAD'S M1 helmet, front seem, swivel side chin strap. It has the number 356 in the steel. Can any one tell me is it from 1944? I will really appreciate any input to this matter. Thank you Mitch SFC Ruiz M Ordnance ARMY Link to post Share on other sites
WW2JAKE Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I have my DAD'S M1 helmet, front seem, swivel side chin strap. It has the number 356 in the steel. Can any one tell me is it from 1944? I will really appreciate any input to this matter. Thank you Mitch swivel bales or loops, swivel side chinstrap doesnt make much sense... if it is a mccord then it would be from around late 1942 and originally been fixed bail. if schlueter then its probably from around 1944 "America shall win the war. Therefore, I will work. I will save. I will sacrifice. I will endure. I will fight cheerfully and do my utmost, as if the whole issue of the struggle depended on me alone." -Martin A. Treptow Jake L. NO ONE IN HISTORY HAS EVER CHOKED TO DEATH FROM SWALLOWING THEIR PRIDE.Heaven help me, how I miss my friend Link to post Share on other sites
mruiz Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Jake Thank you for your comment. I have a head ake looking for any other marks, only 356. NO S mark. So for my understanding could of been wedeled on McCord. My time in the Army was Vietnam steel pot. I am learning here. Thank you SFC Ruiz M Ordnance ARMY Link to post Share on other sites
WW2JAKE Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Jake Thank you for your comment. I have a head ake looking for any other marks, only 356. NO S mark. So for my understanding could of been wedeled on McCord. My time in the Army was Vietnam steel pot. I am learning here. Thank you if there is no other marks it doesnt sound like a ww2 lot number. take some pictures and start your own topic, you'll get more help that way "America shall win the war. Therefore, I will work. I will save. I will sacrifice. I will endure. I will fight cheerfully and do my utmost, as if the whole issue of the struggle depended on me alone." -Martin A. Treptow Jake L. NO ONE IN HISTORY HAS EVER CHOKED TO DEATH FROM SWALLOWING THEIR PRIDE.Heaven help me, how I miss my friend Link to post Share on other sites
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