US Vietnam War Helmet With Soldier Graffiti

A text book example US combat helmet of the Vietnam period with soldier graffiti drawn onto the cover & all parts dating from the mid Vietnam war period.
Helmet has a heavily used camouflage Mitchell cover with DSA contract date of 1969. There is faded thick writing in a purple pen to the front of it which may be a name with some straight notch type strikes along one edge on the left side. There is also something drawn in pen now largely not discernable. All of the blackened chinstrap hardware is totally correct for the period with anchor manufacturer logo to the buckle seen in use from the late 1950s until 1967. This company changed after this date & no longer used the anchor design. The initials 'DSA' on the cover are an ordnance contract marking only used up to 1976 , it was replaced after this date by different lettering. The webbing of the fixed liner system is well used & has its original headband.There are faint ink markings now unreadable. There is some fraying to the long chinstrap.
Overall helmet of the US forces which dates from the thick of the Vietnam fighting.

Code: 12446