The division recon troop was mechanized.  As an aside, I suspect that the 1st Cavalry division's I&R platoons were actually at the brigade level.

I think I hit a bit excited before I actually considered how rare it would be, I was just so excited to congratulate him on his find! Then reality hit once I started seeing the posts about the rust and I was like,”well yah, I see it now.” It’s always to good to be true.  

Tagt’s pretty cool. My next endeavor will be designing. 3D printable one. I plan on scanning an original then dropping the scan in solid works and modeling and smoothing out the shape then I’ll turn it into an DTL file ready for printing. Plan to experiment with not covering them in fabric and working on nail lay just making a full plastic one Tagt’s more durable.

The helmets are obviously made of steel and have a specific paint-bondo might not adhere well to the finish and eventually make cracking or chipping over time. Maybe try metal filler or epoxy putty? Keep in mind I am in no way an expert on this subject and my advice might not work out. Anyways, I hope you find a way to fix your problem!

Sweet find! You got really lucky with it.

How does this differ from a Division's Cavalry Recon Troop/Company? Obviously most divs had both I&R plt at regtl level & CRT at divisional lvl.

We made south of 10 fake fiber liners 20 years back. Of course we destroyed original gear and liners getting cloth etc. I'll see if any of these still exist to get some pics. Webbing was removed, interiors of liners were hand painted with some shade of Tamiya paint then webbing reattached. We used rubber window trim from Auto Zone to get the right 'look' for the rim, with the cloth from a 1935 clothing bag as the sacrificial lamb, tucked into the window trim then slipped over the rim of the hp liners. Visually they were identical to an original, but once removed from a steel shell it's obviously not the real deal

Thank you sir. I thought the same thing about the screwdriver being short, but I don’t see any evidence of being reshaped. This thing really has me scratching my head.

The "Made in USA" blade only came on the Kingston-45, during WWII.  (I think)(unless you are referring to some of the bone handled knives.  The screw driver must have been reshaped.  I have not seen one that short  (except on the very rare Stevenson/Robeson model which has a different shape). The can opener looks a little short....again, maybe reshaped.    I think you're right.  Post war parts knife.  Great curiosity! Marv

Harrier at Wings Over Houston in 86 or 87.