muddyboots Posted February 25, 2018 Share #1 Posted February 25, 2018 Found this as I was driving home. I was on top of a pile of trash. Unfortunately there was nothing else. It has a marking DLA 100-91-C-4103 and made by Volunteer Blind Industry. It is very well used. I wish I had a helmet to mount it on. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mwesson030 Posted February 25, 2018 Share #5 Posted February 25, 2018 It looks like a PASGT helmet cover that was used in the early part of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The pattern that it has is a "three tone" desert pattern aka DCU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyboots Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share #6 Posted February 25, 2018 It looks like a PASGT helmet cover that was used in the early part of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The pattern that it has is a "three tone" desert pattern aka DCU. Thanks and I assume it was made in 1991. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warbird15 Posted February 25, 2018 Share #7 Posted February 25, 2018 That's a nice used cover. There's plenty of photos of 3rd ID covers in use. Glad you saved it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Camouflage Pattern I Posted February 25, 2018 Share #8 Posted February 25, 2018 One man's trash is another man's treasure. Very nice. The contract is from 1991, but contracts can last for a long time. This one has no foliage slits which I believe were deleted to speed up production of desert camo helmet covers for the invasion of Iraq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyboots Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share #9 Posted February 25, 2018 One man's trash is another man's treasure. Very nice. The contract is from 1991, but contracts can last for a long time. This one has no foliage slits which I believe were deleted to speed up production of desert camo helmet covers for the invasion of Iraq. Thanks and I have been wondering on what type of helmet to get so I can mount it. It says Medium/ Large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwesson030 Posted February 25, 2018 Share #10 Posted February 25, 2018 Thanks and I have been wondering on what type of helmet to get so I can mount it. It says Medium/ Large. I would go for a 1990s dated PASGT kevlar helmet in size large. In addition I would pick up a elastic helmet band with the glow in the dark "cat eyes" that go on the back. Reference photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3IDGarand Posted February 26, 2018 Share #11 Posted February 26, 2018 Yup that's a 3rd ID PASGT helmet cover...I had one on my kevlar in 2003 except mine was a different material, not the rip-stop one you have in the picture. They let us keep those covers when we got back home from deployment in the summer of '03. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyboots Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share #12 Posted February 26, 2018 Thank you very much for the help and I am very happy to have found this especially the salty look that it has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Camouflage Pattern I Posted February 26, 2018 Share #13 Posted February 26, 2018 Thanks and I have been wondering on what type of helmet to get so I can mount it. It says Medium/ Large. What would be ideal is if you had access to both a large and a medium so you could test it and see witch one lines up with creases, tears, lines, etc in the cover at the rim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyboots Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share #14 Posted February 26, 2018 What would be ideal is if you had access to both a large and a medium so you could test it and see witch one lines up with creases, tears, lines, etc in the cover at the rim. There is a shop in this area that sometimes has helmets for sale and the owner will let me test to see what works best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lugi45 Posted February 26, 2018 Share #15 Posted February 26, 2018 I have a PASGT helmet in storage that I don't really want. Not sure about the size or date. I could dig it out and look if you think you'd be interested in it. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyboots Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share #16 Posted February 27, 2018 I have a PASGT helmet in storage that I don't really want. Not sure about the size or date. I could dig it out and look if you think you'd be interested in it. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Im going to check the proper size helmet first before I pick one up. I will contact you after I find out . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heptonic48 Posted July 6, 2018 Share #17 Posted July 6, 2018 Nice find man.It's a shame someone would throw that out, but it's awesome that you found it before it was trashed.Always like seeing 3rd ID stuff like this. Sent from my SM-J727VPP using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyboots Posted July 6, 2018 Author Share #18 Posted July 6, 2018 Nice find man.It's a shame someone would throw that out, but it's awesome that you found it before it was trashed.Always like seeing 3rd ID stuff like this. Sent from my SM-J727VPP using Tapatalk Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWIIman1942 Posted April 5, 2020 Share #19 Posted April 5, 2020 Really nice find! Its a shame that someone would throw away something like that. Those unit insignia covers will be worth something someday. Happy to say I own one. Using for an OIF I 3rd ID impression I'm working on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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