Original U.S. WWII Korean War Named USMC Fixed Bale Front Seam M1 Helmet with CAPAC Liner and 1st Pattern USMC Camouflage “Frogskin” Cover - Anthony P. Bredice
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Original Item. One-of-a-Kind. This is a very nice service-used example of a WWII U.S. Marine Corps Issue M1 Helmet as used during WWII and into the Korean War Era. The helmet is named on the chinstrap SGT. BREDICE / USMC, identifying the helmet to Anthony P. Bredice, who during World War II served with the 3rd Artillery Corps, attached to the 1st Marine Division. He took part in the Battle of Okinawa and several others. He remained in the Marine Corps into the Korean War era, when he was promoted to sergeant.
This is a very nice example of a genuine WWII Front-Seam Fixed Bale M1 Helmet made by McCord Radiator, with a CAPAC liner and 1st Pattern USMC cover. The U.S. WWII M-1 helmet was only produced from 1941 to 1945. The first production batch resulted with over 323,510 M-1 helmets before the start of the American involvement in the war. We can no longer read the heat lot stamp due to overpaint, but given the fixed bales, it is an early manufacture. The helmet has the late war OD green chinstrap with a stamped steel buckle.
The helmet comes complete with high pressure WWII issue and stamped with the CAPAC Manufacturing Company logo with frontal eyelet. Manufactured in Capac, Michigan this high pressure manufactured M-1 helmet liner is identified by an embossed cross with the words Capac in the crown. Capac Manufacturing Company started M-1 helmet liner delivery to the US Army in September 1942. They produced approximately between 2,000,000 - 4,000,000 M-1 helmet liners and discontinued production around August 17 1945 when the war ended.
This true US WWII M-1 helmet liner can be identified through the frontal eyelet hole. Other correct WWII features include cotton OD Green #3 herringbone twill (HBT) cloth suspension liner, with the webbing in good shape. This HBT suspension is held tightly within the M-1 helmet liner by rivets and a series of triangular "A" washers. The three upper suspension bands are joined together with the correct OD green string. This way the wearer could adjust the fit. The liner is in very heavily worn condition with the sweatband now dry-rotted away. The chinstrap is gone, with a small fragment remaining.
The 1st Pattern USMC camouflage cover has heavy wear with scattered holes and tearing in certain spots.
There is more research to be done into Bredice’s service. He likely worn this helmet during both WWII and the Korean War era, inscribing the chinstrap during the Korean War.
Ready for further research and display.
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