And then obtained by that company at some point to be used as a hard hat.   Heres a few other examples of these used by the same company https://ebay.us/m/tzikJ3   https://www.proxibid.com/lotinformation/70489184/1939-phillips-66-service-warden-helmet   https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/phillips-66-service-warden-pith-helmet-hat-739-c-a2f48329e9

"child's toy" (factory rejects, made into toys IIRC).  These surface from time to time.  

The standing collar uniforms are held closed by hooks and eyes the discs you see on the collar are too far apart and have nothing to do with holding closed.

This one (cover) was picked up by a picker and I bought it as possible fake. With research and the small details I determined it was a 101st Airborne cover. I spoke with the picker and he told me got it in a footlocker along with the guys uniforms and it was determined the guy was a Pathfinder in the 101st. The small details were to FSB’s on the cover with dates. The dates were of the attacks  that were difficult to find online. No name as the guy removed his name tape. But again Research!!!!  the helmet was added by me and the mark on the helmet lined up beautifully with the tear in the cover. one of the jackets that was sold months before the cover.

This cover here if someone saw it would assume fake, post war… etc. This one was found by Steve Brannen the guy that has #37 post. Steve found it on the swift boat he was manning, he shipped it home and he gifted it to me 3 years ago.  I researched the name and found the guy but unfortunately he had died but his son confirmed his service. The main point to my story is research, research, research and the small details tell the biggest story’s.

Really cool find--thanks for posting.  The Philco-Ford variant was/is much rarer than the normal round.

Those are some amazing helmets.  Thanks for sharing.   VN era helmets are such a unique topic.  So plentiful, yet extremely rare to find verifiable theater used originals.  That and the fact that the marked up Mitchell cover is probably the most iconic VN era item, and thus there are endless fakes (and plenty of victims of the battle of the backyard, now with some actual age to them...)   It's either a representative of the equipment used, or actual equipment that WAS used IN theater.  Without proof, and or provenance, it's all speculation (and often a good dose of  fantasy).     I'd say this one looks cool, but there's no way of verifying or claiming it was anywhere near the war (64 cover, all components dated wartime, chinstraps obviously replaced).  For $40, a good pick up and a conversation starter about graffiti'd Mitchell covers.  Never something I can attach any additional story to, and not something to pay a lot for.        

Steve I remember when you called me when you got this helmet and where it came from. You know I like it.   Marty

great find, a lot is still out there in the storage units

Nice helmet....typical of what most M1 helmet collectors have on their shelf...a Vietnam ERA helmet representative of what would have been worn in Vietnam.     IMO, the one posted by VNVET70 is the same...a very nice helmet representative of what would have been worn in Vietnam, but doubtful that it saw service in theater.  But....you never know.     What you have to remember is that air bases like Bien Hoa were loaded with thousands, if not 10's of thousands, of Airmen and Army support staff that were all issued a helmet and wore it only during the occasional rocket attack.  It is 100% possible to find a helmet that was indeed used in theater but ends up in pristine condition after the war having seen minimal use.     All depends on what you want.  Unless I saw the vet pull it out of his duffle bag myself, I could not sleep soundly at night with 99% of graffiti helmet covers.  There's just no way to know when the graffiti was added.