Besides that, any idea on the tick marks?

I have been looking for 1:25000 maps of the Hurtgen Forest so I was delighted to see your post.  I’m doing a memoir of my father, an officer in the 12th IR, 4th ID, who fought in the area near Germeter, Vossenack and Hurtgen in Nov. 1944.  I will be in the Hurtgen in September and would appreciate your telling me how to get reproductions of these maps.  Thank you.    

I see at least one Navy & one Marine button, and a couple of Army buttons, but I really have to echo @mikie’s comments. 

No, your right,and I appreciate you calling it out. I really just got excited…  and I am a little disappointed in myself now that I look the topic over. The helmet is like you said, just a helmet. As long as there’s no proof or provenance than it’s just a helmet. I’m also fairly new to Nam’ helmets as this is my first one, but I have handled plenty of salty ID’d USMC helmets with covers and a few nice Nam’ helmet that were also ID’d and less destroyed. So I jumped to conclusions and immediately (foolishly) assumed it as a combat helmet. I still have confidence in this helmet and I’ll keep you posted on the info I get from the family.

Gear, Everyone has made comments and observations I agree with 100%. Everyone has nicely tried to nudge you in a direction that you would not look at or walk towards until now. Rooster nailed it on the head in his open. Its no different than that "Para Marine helmet". No proof, only conjecture made out of thin air. You have been on this site long enough to have learned something. Show what you have learned before you present something as a definitive example. Right now all you are showing is a lack of learning or understanding of what you are looking at. Up your game.  I am not chastising you, I am challenging you.

Understood, I’ll wait to hear more, I’ll circle back In a week or so. Thanks all 👍

Without proof, provenance, you have a helmet, a cover and a band with a name on it you dont know who it is. How do you know the relative was not stationed in Germany? Italy? Korea or any of the numerous posts across the globe? Or state side... In the guard or reserves? You have an ID'd headband which you dont know who the name belongs to or anything about them. ? You would be better off finding out what you can thats verifiable before declaring it anything other than what it is. I was in the guard... different time frame.. My helmet I wore for 4 years part time and took it home. The cover on it was and is beat and I drew on it. I know this because its my helmet. You have a green mitchell covered question mark.  band with a name and right now, very little else. Wait til your friend gets back to you. My two cents.    

Fair point, but there is also graffiti, I don’t know how else it would have gotten this kind of wear? What is another way it could have gotten that. I know it’s not storage for sure. Because the cover was hidden In a cardboard box, under a helmet. I just don’t see how else it could look like this? Please if anyone has any insight into another option, please correct and educate. I’m happy to listen and learn more 👍

So you are concluding that "genuine wear" equates to "definetly an in country worn helmet"  ?   It's hard not to push back on such assumptions.    

Yes, combat covers were faded and torn and at times replaced within a few months. But I have multiple named in country covers in various conditions based on MOS and one of them that I have was the guys second cover.   Marty