Original U.S. WWII-Era US Marine Corps Issue M-1940 Pressed Fiber Sun Helmet by Hawley with Scarce Bakelite EGA Device & Khaki Chinstrap - 1943 Dated Spanish Artillery Serial number 165480 is present

Serial number 165480 is present on all components of the rifle including the bolt & magazine

Colonel Luckel

Kriegs Erinnerungen (War Memories)

If the light went out

as the “Cuff Rank” uniform was outdated with the new style Officer uniforms of 1916

Original U.S. WWII-Era US Marine Corps Issue M-1940 Pressed Fiber Sun Helmet by Hawley with Scarce Bakelite EGA Device & Khaki Chinstrap - 1943 Dated Spanish Artillery Serial number 165480 is presentOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of an American Fiber Helmet with a USN (U. S. Navy) contract stamp on the interior. The fiber helmet was originally designed by Jesse Hawley in the early 1930s. Hawley subsequently designed the first fiber helmet liner for the original M1 steel helmet, alongside the General Fibre Company, a subsidiary of the International Hat Company. The first patent for the Hawley pressed fiber sun