Original U.S. WWII US Marine Corps Issue M-1940 Pressed Fiber Sun Helmet with Original Chinstrap & EGA Device by International Hat Company Japanese Flags and has the updated model

and has the updated model 1896 rear sight

000 men who jumped into France

The hilt gilding is nice and even and very pleasing

seven battalions of the 4th and 5th Marine divisions landed abreast on the southeastern shore of Iwo Jima

An outstanding historic battlefield recovered breast plate

Original U.S. WWII US Marine Corps Issue M-1940 Pressed Fiber Sun Helmet with Original Chinstrap & EGA Device by International Hat Company Japanese Flags and has the updated modelOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a fantastic example of an unissued condition American Fiber Helmet by the lesser known International Hat Company. 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