My haul from this past weekend's militaria show

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Here's my other helmet I bought. When I moved the cover aside I expected to find a rear seam helmet but again I was surprised. I discovered that this helmet had a front seam with swivel bales on it just like the other helmet. It was also repainted post ww2 and must've been in use through Vietnam. I also could read the heat lot number on it too. Me and one of my collector friends tried to see what the artwork on the front of the helmet cover was and after we moved it around it looks like three chevrons on top of a curved symbol (the soldier's rank?), which if it is his rank would the correct rank be a staff sergeant? Hope you all enjoy these pieces and any help and comments are much welcome.

(PS I posted the pictures of the mark 2 knife on the first post to save space)