Olympia, WA airshow last month. I threw together an AAF impression, but forgot to put on the throat mike and talk switch and other stuff...

The Florida Military Collectors Show will be Saturday 12 July 2025 at Renninger's Antique Market 20651 US Highway 441 Mount Dora FL. Hours are 9:00AM to 3:00PM and as always admission and parking are free. Hope to see you there.

Bringing the thread back to life with photos!

Nice informative explanation QED4. There definitely is a difference between the two, especially if you are interested in collecting variations.

I haven’t seen a helmet used with multiple covers. I don’t see why you couldn’t use it like this though. Just the matter of why? What does the helmet look like with the desert cover removed?  

Is this a modern strike? 

Looks legit, I’ve seen earlier PASGT helmet covers without any foliage slits. The NSN number is in the database as well. 

Quite a haul at the flea market today, 4 miles of walking around  baking hot even at silly o clock this morning. Checking it all in and noticed I had picked this up amongst a pile of wartime ephemera. U.S.Army General Depot G-65 Portsmouth 1942-45.  I also picked up a number of civilian wartime food tins , many complete plus various dried egg and milk tins from US and Australia although not sure if they are wartime or postwar. More research needs doing on those.

Attached is a photo of the M3 Camillus blade. The blade is almost sharp enough to shave with. I believe you are correct  in assuming the blade has the original factory finish. Not sure what "line of white " means.  VNAMVET70

Very nice grouping! Do you have the DCU helmet cover to match the DCU shirt?