Camouflage Helmet Cover ERDL / RDF Camo US Military USA 1980’s scarce army USMC for Sale

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Camouflage Helmet Cover ERDL / RDF Camo US Military USA 1980’s scarce army USMC For Sale

antique original united states military

m1 helmet COVER

camo

Camouflage

post viet nam era

{ grenada / panama time period }

scarce EDRL / RDF transitional pattern

marked " COVER HELMET CAMOUFLAGE DLA 100 89 F ED 78 { 1989 mfg date}

making this the last variants of the ERDL / RDF patterns

Unissued condition ,....

likely a very limited batch was prouduced inorder to fullfill a specific need { tropical invasion }

ERDL Camo Pattern –
The Engineer Research and Development Laboratory pattern was designed as a general purpose camo for jungle environments. The camo consists of organic shapes with black branch shapes on top of a solid color background. The pattern dates bate to 1948 and was revived in 1962 for testing.
The camo would see initial use with recon and special forces units in the early years of the Vietnam War and would be used by the USMC later on during the war as well.
The pattern camo in two versions. The “lowlands” pattern had a green dominant scheme and the “highlands” pattern had a more brown scheme. The pattern would mostly be issued in the “highlands” variant and would see use after the war in limited amounts as well. After the war the RDF, Rapid Defense Force, would use a final variation of the camo pattern.
RDF ERDL