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Army Ordnance Print Ad 1941 McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan was the first and primary contractor for M1 helmets made during WWII.

A Loop By Any Other Name....... An educated collector can determine who made an early M-1 helmet, McCord Radiator & Manufacturing Co. or Schlueter Manufacturing Co., by the variations in their chin strap loops.