I know its an old topic. Can anyone identify this helmet? Vietnam era? Has no place for a mic. Thanks room. 

hi   my last cool items ;)   hughes  

I don't have the informations with lot number, I didn't take it, too many doubt on it, thanks to all for your help   hughes ;)

awesome, thanks for sharing ;)   hughes

Here's an original USN WW2 Legion of Merit that was acquired with an original WW2 USN Distinguished Service Medal, both US Mint production and with the gilded full suspension brooch and gilded suspension rings, awarded to an unknown recipient at least 80 years ago, but now lost to time.   The suspension ring on the DSM is larger than the LoM.   Excuse the glare from the UV plexiglass but note the thread on the suspension rings so there is no gravity pull on the medals and drapes.   Both ribbons are unmistakably  stiff, another tell-tale characteristic to look for in original medals.    

I would agree that planchette is not a Navy one. The suspension ring should be a lot smaller in circumference if it were a US Mint Navy LOM.    Kurt

Aside from the color and whether the fabric is synthetic or not, you can see from the weave of the web fabric if it's post WW2 or before.   http://www.90thidpg.us/Equipment/Articles/Webbing/index.html

Incredible uniform, story, and research! Bravo!

I’m late for the party here, but thank you for this informative post. I have a sling I picked up years ago for no other reason than it was cheap. Now that I have a use for it I dug it out. Using the wonderful old camcorder trick, the sling is dated 1943. The keeper has the dimple associated with late/postwar slings. So there seems to be a couple of possibilities here. Either the dimples were used a lot earlier than thought, or it was replaced on my sling at some point. Any thoughts?  mikie

I know it's been a while since this thread was active but I wanted to share some photos I found in my search for the same answers. I found 3 different variations of stencils. I used this to create a vector file and I'll be creating my own stencils to recreate a few drums.