Use blocks of wood in the Cartridge belt. 

SS that is a really cool helmet for a Fireman Apprentice on the floating dry-dock. That’s exactly the same helmet type as mine in post #1. Thanks for posting!!!

to top it all off im sure  the jerk that took it has no clue what he has. As for the post office thats stupidity beyoung belief. They know that it wont lock ? Really stupid. IMO some one should be fired.  but that might be considered harsh punishment. My uncle put in almost 50 years in United States Post Office when it was...Back then you were responsible. As a kid collecting stamps he told me unless they fell off a package and were laying on the floor, they couldnt touch a stamp on the mail. They would be fired. Times sure have changed. 

Sorry to hear this.   The post office is soon reaching its tipping point to worthlessness as it continues its slide towards horrible service at every level.   Shipping US mail since since the mid 70s on a consistent basis and never have I had so many problems as I do at present.   The government should sell it to someone who can do it correctly.   For them to leave your package open to the public and not hold it back until you come to pick it up is the sign of stupidity or inside theft.   Wishing you success in finding this.   Peter 

That is a great find. Maybe you could check if the same name as on the ribbon bar is written in one or both of the jackets :))

First aid packet secured! Now i am waiting on a friend for some extra clips and 30-06 casings. (As i live in belgium and am still underage i can't get real bullets)

An early contract date UCP patrol cap from 2004.  The Velcro on the back looks like it might have been a later addition?    

Hello everyone, this is definitely a long shinola here but I think the more awareness I spread the likelihood of this helmet being returned to me increases. I had bought this helmet off a Facebook friend and sent to my mothers PO Box in Irvine California. I am in the Navy and stationed in San Diego so I typically just send my mail there. It arrived Saturday May 2nd. When my mother went to pick it up on Monday she found a key in her PO Box that would open a Parcel locker. Upon going to the Parcel she found that it was already open and no package was inside. After talking to the people working there they have since told us that they had stopped using those specific parcels because they do not close and most are broken. The workers most concluded that it was most likely stolen from the open locker. I have filed case reports that seem to give me the same answer that it was deemed lost. I have called that specific post office over 200 times and counting only to be met by the abrupt hang up of someone on the other line. They are grossly incompetent and refuse to answer any phone calls. I have called consumer affairs 80 times and they do not pick up the phone. And when filing a police report I was told that the post office is not there jurisdiction since it is a federal case. Please if anyone has any info or collects in the Irvine CA area please let me know.

I got it from a local estate sale . I’m assuming it is