American Vietnam Combat Helmet With Graffiti Art

An American Vietnam period Graffiti decorated American paratrooper issue helmet complete with camouflage cover, paratrooper chinstrap system & various hand drawn annotations.
This helmet is in a configuration very typical of those used by troops of the US Marine Corps during the Hue Tet offensive who were not issued with the Neoprine foliage band & hence used black inner tube rubber instead. Marines were also often issued with the Airborne helmet as here rather than the standard M1. When one examines the graffiti on the helmet the wording 'Rico 3' can be seen this most likely a shortened name such as ' Ricardo' or 'Richard' . At the rear of the helmet there is also an arrow pointing down with the word 'Home' above perhaps referring to a short tour. There is also an indistinct flower ( indicative of the feeling of the period ) on the side so probably a conscript . Upon looking at the markings on the rest of the helmet one can see the DSA ink stamp to camouflage cover tongue & the letter 'P' on chinstrap buckle for the firm Parish who made helmets from 1968-69. Faint contract markings to its complete green webbing liner system.
Fabulous Vietnam combat helmet .

Code: 13402