Original U.S. WWII Era Police Civil Defense Painted High Pressure Firestone M1 Helmet Liner With Leather Chinstrap WWI An extremely rare ITALY AFRICA

An extremely rare ITALY AFRICA insignia is found above the 5th Army patch on the left shoulder of the class A uniform jacket

Original chinstrap is also present and in very solid condition but it has been broken in one section

The shell is made from brown cotton which is very clean

but the blade sometimes can partially slide out even when not using the blade release

The vulnerability of parked aircraft was vividly demonstrated by the Japanese at Hickam Field

Original U.S. WWII Era Police Civil Defense Painted High Pressure Firestone M1 Helmet Liner With Leather Chinstrap WWI An extremely rare ITALY AFRICAOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a nice example of a M1 helmet liner turned Civil Defense helmet. The helmet has a decal on the front identifying it as being worn by a Civil Defense Police Officer during WWII and probably the years after leading up to the Korean War. The liner is mostly complete and still retains the leather chinstrap. The liner is painted white and is the correct high pressure WWII issue and stamped with an F logo over F7