Untouched & Always Been Together Vietnam War USMC Helmet With Graffiti On Cover - Tet Offensive Period

A Vietnam war period United States Marine Corps helmet with graffiti written onto its camouflage cover by the Marine who wore it.
Graffiti scrawled onto the cover by the Marine who wore it includes on one side 'BUCKEYE STATE' (slang for Ohio) & also the unit markings of LSU 3/1' on side & rear. Opposite side has 'OHIO,Columbus' & what appears to be 'CHICAGO, ILLINOIS' . Cover shows extensive combat wear with edges worn into the edges of the shell. Helmet itself is of the rear seam swivel bales type & a former para helmet with the liners 'A' straps cut off this being typical of Marine examples of around the 1969 - Tet Offensive period. A name is handwritten to interior of liner. The camouflage cover is an early DSA marked example the DSA contract number of 100/393 referring to the year 1966 . Being of this earlier design the flaps of the cover are longer & thus slits had to be cut into them to facilitate the chinstraps going through on each side.
With a very large amount of sweat & mud clearly in evidence on the inside & out of the helmet this is a truly well worn Marine Corps combat helmet of the Vietnam war.

Code: 13945