37 - Modified TAP US M/M1 helmet. McCord manufacturer’s shell number partially legible. Spot-welded stainless steel front band. Hinged stainless steel ear flaps indicating manufacture prior to November 1944. Flat ferromagnetic alloy buckle and steel wire hook with a filed-down tip. Olive drab No. 7 chin strap.

Modified TAP US M/M1 helmet. McCord manufacturer’s shell number partially legible. Spot-welded stainless steel front band. Hinged stainless steel ear flaps indicating manufacture prior to November 1944. Flat ferromagnetic alloy buckle and steel wire hook with a filed-down tip. Olive drab No. 7 chin strap. Helmet liner with the “Inland” logo beneath the “Firestone” logo (see photo). Chevron-pattern suspension, steel counter-rivets, and a notched steel buckle. The chin strap is missing. Flat cotton laces. French TAP modification featuring the addition of inverted “A”-shaped cotton straps with large, handcrafted metal buckles painted black. US-style cotton chin strap with eight grommets. In the condition in which it was found.