Original U.S. WWII Rare Unissued Hawley Paper M1 Helmet Liner with Rayon Suspension Lewis Gun and Fourth-likewise used Wacs to

and Fourth-likewise used Wacs to keep their personnel and flight records

It is fully carved

and a basket hilt guard

In the famous film showing Australian officers handling the LMG 08/15's from the crashed Baron von Richthofen's triplane

Fitted to accept both the P-1888 Lee Metford and 1895 Long Lee Enfield knife bayonets

Original U.S. WWII Rare Unissued Hawley Paper M1 Helmet Liner with Rayon Suspension Lewis Gun and Fourth-likewise used Wacs toOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent unissued example of a rare Hawley pressed paper M1 Helmet liner. They were only issued in very small numbers during the early days of World War Two. Their structural deficiencies were quickly noted, and the replacement "low pressure" and later "high pressure" liners were put into planning and production shortly after. The Hawley liners were however all that was available during the earliest days