US WW2 M1-C paratrooper helmet with Westinghouse liner

M1-C Jump Helmet: this helmet is typical of a late war (1944-45) paratrooper helmet. Helmet shell is front-seam, and the cotton webbing inside the liner is still green – ca. 1944. The helmet shell chinstraps are also still green and original attached. Spring buttons still functional to attach the shell to the liner. The liner leather chinstrap is present and intact. Chin cup present and genuine. Liner is maker marked by Westinghouse. The liner sits firmly into the shell and I cannot remove it – it has been there for ever! The M1-C paratrooper helmet would probably be more appropriate for a late-war paratrooper display (for example Bastonge 1944-45 or Operation Varsity in Spring 1945), however because most collectors cannot afford early original M2 paratrooper helmets it is common for Airborne collectors to display these original late-war helmets with mid-war jackets or Normandy displays, rather than displaying reproduction helmets.