Vietnam War Era U.S. M1 Steel Combat Helmet...

with Personalized Mitchell Pattern Camouflage Cover. This lot consists of a United States military M1 steel combat helmet featuring a reversible Mitchell pattern camouflage cover and a matching interior liner. The cloth cover is extensively personalized with hand-inked period graffiti and illustrations typical of the Vietnam War era. Inscriptions include the phrases Death Dealers, Short Timer, Mad Mike, and Sat Cong. Illustrated elements include a stylized Ace of Spades Death Card, a circular peace symbol, a human skull with blood droplets, the Peanuts comic strip character Snoopy depicted wearing a combat helmet, and an Ohio State Buckeyes collegiate logo. A hand-drawn calendar for the month of February is present with the date 20 encircled in red ink. The helmet shell is equipped with an olive drab canvas chinstrap featuring a T-1 pressure-release metal buckle. This hardware bears an embossed anchor symbol, the manufacturer mark for North and Judd. The interior includes a brown fiberglass liner with olive drab canvas webbing, a leather sweatband, and a leather nape strap. We do our best to describe all items in the sale, and we definitely take a ton of photos. But, we are not able to guarantee authenticity or era of items in the sale. Please carefully look at all photos (up to 100 in some cases on our in-house platform) to judge for yourself what you are buying. All sales are final. Our in-house shipping is available. Pickup is Wednesday, July 15, from Noon to 5 pm at our facility in Lancaster, OH. Alternate pickup day is available by appointment for a $5 fee per lot or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. If shipping - once packed up we will send you a separate invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: shipping@burnsbid.com. Sales tax collected on this auction. Our warehouse is in Lancaster, OH. If not shipping - pickup in 10 days or we will dispose and you will not receive a refund. AB346