Vietnam era M1 ??

[Bundeswehr]

Dear fellow collectors,

I recently came across this m1 helmet. it looks like a vietnam era issue..but I'm not sure as postwar helmets are not my collection area. However, I'm very curious about the markings on the shell.
Does anyone know if this is a vietnam issued m1 and what the markings mean?

[Tank Destroyer]

I think and not for sure but I believe the markings are tactical markings for training propose but I am not sure if the meaning. I would like to see the markings on the flap of the cover and the inside of the liner.
Marty

[Bundeswehr]

I have two photo's of the inside of the liner (what is left of it). I'm still awaiting a photo of the markings from the cover, will post it a.s.p.

[Bundeswehr]

A photo of the markings in the liner and on the cover. As far as I can read:

Liner soldiers steel helmet
M-1 ??fantry type ?
29 sept 66 ???????? 17


cover ???????????
DSA100-76 ?????
8415-00-105 ???
mpls. soc. f/t blind inc.

[Tank Destroyer]

If that number is a 76 it is a post Vietnam war cover. The helmet,liner and cover will make a good example for a US m1 Vietnam era collection. You will never know how long these pieces have been together and if they are even original to one another.
Marty

[BlackCat1982]

Pretty sure Woodland pattern didn't come onto the scene until the 1980's way post Vietnam.

[earlymb]

Pretty sure Woodland pattern didn't come onto the scene until the 1980's way post Vietnam.

That is correct but this isn't Woodland, but the earlier ERDL-pattern that was first fielded as a test in 1969.

[Redstalker]

The liner is made by a company called Marmac Industries Inc and is Vietnam era 1966. The cover is post war and looks like a late 70s contract. The steel helmet is not a US helmet as they did not stamp serial numbers on the rim. It’s a Euro Clone M1 and probably either Dutch, Belgium or one of the Scandinavian countries.

[Bundeswehr]

Thanks everybody for the help!
The stamping on the rim already came to me as "suspicious". Thanks for the clarification!

I don't understand why people try to sell stuff without first informing themselves about the originality of it (deliberately or not)...too bad.

[ruddersrangers44]

I don't understand why people try to sell stuff without first informing themselves about the originality of it (deliberately or not)...too bad.[/QUOTE]
That's because most don't give a S... who they rob blind as long as there making money.............