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VU 831 – GREAT PAIR OF US ISSUE GREEN DOMINANT LEAF PATTERN / ERDL CAMOUFLAGE JUNGLE TROUSERS. THESE RIP-STOP 6 POCKET TROUSERS ARE A SIZE LARGE REGULAR, DATED 1968 AND IN MINT UN-ISSUED CONDITION !!!
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VU 832 – NICE PAIR OF US ISSUE 2ND PATTERN COTTON POPLIN (NON RIPSTOP) JUNGLE TROUSERS. THESE 6 POCKET TROUSERS ARE A SIZE EXTRA LARGE REGULAR, DATED 1965 (DSA-100-1294) AND ARE COMPLETE WITH ALL THE ORIGINAL LABELS AND BUTTONS. THE TROUSERS ALSO HAVE THE ORIGINAL CARGO TIES PRESENT IN THE (2) LARGE CARGO POCKETS ON EACH LEG. THE TROUSERS DO HAVE SEVERAL AREAS OF UN-EVEN FADING WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ATTEMPT TO CAMOUFLAGE THEM BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE TROUSERS ARE IN VERY FINE CONDITION.
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VU 833 – US ISSUE BROWN DOMINANT LEAF PATTERN / ERDL CAMOUFLAGE JUNGLE JACKET. THE JACKET IS A SIZE SMALL REGULAR, DATED 1970 AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO RIPS, TEARS OR REPAIRS.
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VU 830– AN EXTREMELY NICE PAIR OF JAPANESE MADE SOUTH VIETNAMESE TIGERSTRIPE TROUSERS IN THE INFAMOUS “JOHN WAYNE DENSE” PATTERN. THESE 7 POCKET TROUSERS ARE MARKED IN BLACK INK AS A SIZE “US-XL” (40” WAIST BY 42” LENGTH) AND STILL HAVE REMNANTS OF THE WHITE COTTON JAPANESE INSPECTOR'S TAG SEWN INSIDE THE HEM OF THE WAIST BAND. THE TROUSERS ARE COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL BUTTONS AND BELT LOOPS AND HAVE THE ORIGINAL SILVER “HAMA” MARKED ZIPPER WHICH IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL. A NICE PAIR OF TIGER TROUSERS IN A VERY DESIRABLE PATTERN AND SIZE THAT STILL HAVE GREAT COLOR AND ARE IN VERY FINE PLUS CONDITION AS SHOWN !!!
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826 - AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF AN RN 25334 (CAMOUFLAGE MANUFACTURING
COMPANY) CIVILIAN MADE SPOT PATTERN CAMOUFLAGE SHIRT AS WORN BY
SOME MAAG AND SPECIAL FORCES PERSONAL DURING THE EARLY ADVISORY
PHASE OF THE WAR. THIS 2 POCKET SHIRT FEATURES THE METAL 13 STAR
BUTTONS AND HAS A PAPER TAG PRESENT IN THE NECK WHICH READS “SANFORIZED
- SIZE M - VAT DYED”. THE SHIRT HAS STRONG COLOR AND APPEARS
TO HAVE NEVER BEEN LAUNDERED BEING IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AS SHOWN.
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824 - AN EXCEPTIONALLY NICE PAIR OF FRENCH MODEL 1947/56 LIZARD
PATTERN CAMOUFLAGE AIRBORNE / PARATROOPERS TROUSERS AS WORN PRIMARELY
BY CAMBODIAN AND LAOTIAN FORCES DURING THE WAR. THESE TROUSERS
WERE ALSO WORN BY FRENCH AIRBORNE INSTRUCTORS WHILE ASSIGNED TO
THE “FRENCH MILITARY MISSION LAOS” (1959-1975). THESE
(6) POCKET BUTTON FRONT TROUSERS ARE COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE
ORIGINAL BUTTONS, SNAPS, ADJUSTMENT TABS AND BOTH OF THE ADJUSTMENT
BUCKLES AS WELL AS THE TIE STRINGS IN THE BOTTOM OF EACH PANT
CUFF. THE TROUSERS ARE MARKED AS A EUROPEAN SIZE 17 (US SIZE 34
WAIST) AND ARE IN ABSOLUTE MINT UN-ISSUED CONDITION HAVING NEVER
BEEN WORN OR LAUNDERED !!!
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822 - A NICE GROUPING TO A FORMER SOUTH VIETNAMESE NAVY GUNNER
ON THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE ESCORT SHIP “KY HOA HQ 109”
WHICH WAS ARMED WITH A 75MM GUN ON THE FORWARD DECK AS WELL AS
40MM BOFORS AND 20MM ORLEKONS AFT. THE GROUPING CONSISTS OF HIS
SOUTH VIETNAMESE MADE (1) POCKET WHITE COTTON PULLOVER SHIRT AND
THE MATCHING (4) POCKET WHITE COTTON TROUSERS. DIRECTLY EMBROIDERED
ON THE LEFT SLEEVE OF HIS PULLOVER IS HIS GUNNER'S SPECIALTY BADGE
AND RANK CHEVRON. THE TROUSERS ARE COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL
BUTTONS, TABS AND BELT LOOPS AND FEATURE A ZIPPER TYPE FLY / CLOSURE.
ALSO PRESENT WITH THE GROUP ARE (2) ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS WHEN
THE “KY HOA HQ 109” WAS COMMISSIONED ON THE 17TH OF
JANUARY 1963 AS WELL AS HIS ORIGINAL SOUTH VIETNAMESE MADE “KY
HOA HQ 109” METAL POCKET BADGE. AS WE HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE
ORIGINAL SOUTH VIETNAMESE UNIFORMS ARE DIFFICULT TO FIND WITH
THIS GROUPING OVERALL BEING IN VERY FINE CONDITION !!!
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823 - A NICE EXAMPLE OF A 1ST PATTERN CAMOUFLAGE MANUFACTURING
COMPANY (RN 25334) SPOT PATTERN CAMOUFLAGE SHIRT AS WORN DURING
THE EARLY ADVISORY PHASE OF THE WAR IN SOUTH VIETNAM AND PRIOR
TO THE AVAILABILITY OF OTHER CAMOUFLAGE PATTERNS. THIS 2 POCKET
COTTON SHIRT IS COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL BUTTONS AND
IS THE SAME TYPE OF CAMOUFLAGE AS SUPPLIED BY THE CIA TO BRIGADE
2506 FOR THE CUBAN / BAY OF PIGS INVASION IN 1961. THE SHIRT IS
IN VERY FINE CONDITION WITH STRONG COLOR.
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816 - AN EXTREMELY NICE TAILOR MADE SHIRT TO A FORMER US AIR FORCE
NAVIGATOR WHO FLEW C-130 “BLIND BAT” NIGHT TIME FLARE
SHIP MISSIONS OVER SOUTHERN LAOS (CIRCA 1966-1969) OUT OF UBON,
THAILAND. THIS 3 POCKET OD COTTON SHIRT FEATURES ALL SOUTH VIETNAMESE
MADE INSIGNIA TO INCLUDE BOTH TAPES, THE USAF NAVIGATOR'S WING,
THE CAPTAIN'S RANK AND THE ONLY SOUTH VIETNAMESE MADE USAF “POCKET
ROCKET” / MASTER MISSLEMAN'S BADGE WE ALONG WITH OUR FRIEND
BOB CHATT HAS EVER SEEN !!! ALSO PRESENT ON THE SHIRT IS THE ORIGINAL
UBON, THAILAND MADE “BLIND BAT” POCKET PATCH ALONG
WITH THE ORIGINAL SILK WOVEN TAILOR'S LABEL IN THE NECK OF THE
SHIRT. A BEAUTIFUL SHIRT WITH GREAT CHARACHTER THAT SHOWS HONEST
USE AND WEAR BEING IN VERY FINE CONDITION AS SHOWN !!!
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815 - AN EXTREMELY NICE EXAMPLE OF AN ORIGINAL JCRC (JOINT CASUALTY
RESOLUTION CENTER) JUNGLE JACKET TO A FORMER SERGEANT WHO SERVED
WITH JCRC DURING THE WAR. THIS 1968 DATED JUNGLE JACKET IS A SIZE
SMALL REGULAR AND FEATURES A COMBINATION OF THEATER MADE AND US
MADE INSIGNIA. THE THEATER MADE JCRC POCKET PATCH IS ABSOLUTELY
BEAUTIFUL AND APPEARS TO BE EITHER OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE OR THAI
MANUFACTURE. PRESENT ON THE JACKET AS WELL ARE THEATER MADE TAPES
AND A SOUTH KOREAN ARMY AIRBORNE WING. ALSO OF INTEREST IS THE
US ARMY DIVER'S QUALIFICATION BADGE ON THE LEFT POCKET FLAP WHICH
COULD INDICATE THAT SEARGENT CRUZ AT SOME POINT SERVED WITH THE
“OVER WATER LOSS” RECOVERY ELEMENT OF JCRC. THE JACKET
SHOWS HONEST USE AND WEAR AND UPON CAREFUL INSPECTION HAS NEVER
HAD ANY OTHER INSIGNIA APPLIED TO AND/OR REMOVED FROM IT INCLUDING
NO SSI UNDER THE AIRBORNE TAB ON THE LEFT SHOULDER. AN OUTSTANDING
JACKET TO A SELDOM SEEN UNIT THAT IS IN VERY FINE CONDITION WITH
GREAT CHARACTER AS SHOWN !!!
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814 - RARE US FAR EASTERN COMMAND / OKINAWA MADE US 2ND PATTERN
OD POPLIN JUNGLE JACKET. EARLY DURING THE WAR THE US EXPERIMENTED
WITH MANUFACTURING US JUNGLE JACKETS AND TROUSERS IN OKINAWA TO
SAVE ON THE TIME IT TOOK FOR THE SAME ITEMS MANUFACTURED IN THE
US TO REACH THE WAR EFFORT IN SOUTH VIETNAM. THIS CIRCA 1965 (CONTRACT
NO. FEC-39919) JUNGLE JACKET IS A SIZE LONG SMALL AND COMPLETE
WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL COMPONENTS INCLUDING ALL (3) CLOTH LABELS
IN ABSOLUTE MINT UN-ISSUED CONDITION AS SHOWN. IF YOU PLACE THIS
JACKET NEXT TO A MINT EXAMPLE MANUFACTURED IN THE US DURING 1965
YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THIS JACKET MANUFACTURED
IN OKINAWA COMPARED TO ONE MANUFACTURED IN THE US DURING THE SAME
TIME PERIOD !!!
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804 - AN EXTREMELY NICE SOUTH VIETNAMESE NATIONAL POLICE FIELD
FORCE CAMOUFLAGE SHIRT AS ALSO WORN BY SOME PROVINCIAL RECONNAISSANCE
UNITS THAT IS STRAIGHT OUT OF THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC BAG ! THIS
2 POCKET SHIRT IS COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL BUTTONS ALONG
WITH BRIGHT CRISP COLORS AND IN MINT UN-ISSUED CONDITION AS SHOWN
!!!
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800 - A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF A JAPANESE MADE CAMOUFLAGE SMOKING
JACKET THAT IS IN THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE TIGERSTRIPE PATTERN COMMONLY
REFERED TO AS “JOHN WAYNE DENSE”. THE MATERIAL ITSELF
IS LIGHTWEIGHT AND HAS A SILK FEEL TO IT AS FOUND IN THE SHIRTS
AND TROUSERS IN THE SAME PATTERN WHICH WERE ISSUED TO AND WORN
BY ARVN AIRBORNE UNITS. THIS 3 POCKET JACKET IS A VERY GENEROUS
SIZE 46” CHEST AND FEATURES ALL OF THE ORIGINAL BUTTONS
AS WELL AS THE SILK WOVEN OKINAWA TAILORS LABEL. A REALLY COOL
JACKET THAT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH GREAT COLOR !!!
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801 - A VERY NICE US ISSUE OG-107 UTILITY SHIRT AS WORN BY A US
NAVY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WITH LIGHT ATTACK SQUADRON FOUR / VAL
4, “THE BLACK PONIES”. THIS 1967 DATED SHIRT IS A
SIZE 16 ½ BY 36 AND FEATURES A SOUTH VIETNAMESE MADE “BLACK
PONIES” PATCH ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER WITH THE REST OF THE
INSIGNIA BEING DIRECT EMBROIDERED TO INCLUDE THE US NAVY OPERATOR'S
WINGS. THE SHIRT HAS SEEN HONEST USE AND WEAR AND HAS GREAT CHARACTER
AS SHOWN !!!
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802 - A VERY INTERESTING PAIR OF FRENCH INDOCHINA THEATER MADE
CAMOUFLAGE TROUSERS IN A REVERSIBLE SPOT PATTERN CAMOUFLAGE SIMILIAR
TO THE WWII US MARINE CORPS CAMOUFLAGE. THESE 4 POCKET TROUSERS
ARE A SIZE 32 WAIST AND FEATURE ALL OF THE ORIGINAL BUTTONS. THE
TROUSERS HAVE SEEN HONEST USE AND WEAR BUT STILL RETAIN BRIGHT
COLOR BEING IN VERY FINE CONDITION AS SHOWN.
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789 - A VERY UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF A SOUTH VIETNAMESE TIGERSTRIPE
CAMOUFLAGE SHIRT. THIS 2 POCKET HEAVYWIEGHT SHIRT IS IN WHAT SOME
CALL A “TADPOLE SPARSE” PATTERN AND IS STAMPED IN
BLACK INK AS A SIZE “US-M”. CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF
THIS SHIRT WILL SHOW THAT IT NEVER HAD THE 3RD POCKET UPON THE
UPPER LEFT SLEEVE AND THEREFORE IS A VARIATION NOT DOCUMENTED
IN THE OUTSTANDING REFERENCE WORK “TIGER PATTERNS”
BY RICHARD JOHNSON. THE SHIRT SHOWS HONEST USE AND WEAR AND IS
IN VERY FINE CONDITION AS SHOWN.
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791 - AN EXTREMELY NICE PAIR OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE NATIONAL POLICE
FIELD FORCE CAMOUFLAGE TROUSERS. THESE 4 POCKET HEAVYWEIGHT TROUSERS
ARE A SIZE 29 WAIST BY 30 LENGTH AND ARE ALSO MARKED WITH THE
NUMERAL “3” WHICH SHOWS IT IS A STANDARD ISSUE SOUTH
VIETNAMESE NATIONAL POLICE FIELD FORCE GARMENT. ALSO PRESENT IS
A SOUTH VIETNAMESE TAILOR SHOP STAMP INDICATING THEY WERE PURCHASED
BY THE TAILOR THROUGH PROPER POLICE CHANNELS OR POSSIBLY ON THE
BLACK MARKET. THE TROUSERS APPEAR TO HAVE NEVER BEEN WORN OR LAUNDERED
AND SHOW BRIGHT COLORATION BEING IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION !
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783 - SOUTH VIETNAMESE CAMOUFLAGE TROUSERS AS WORN BY NUMEROUS
TYPES OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE AIRBORNE AND RANGER UNITS DURING THE
WAR. THESE 4 POCKET HEAVYWEIGHT TROUSERS HAVE 2 REAR POCKETS ALONG
WITH 2 BELLOWED CARGO POCKETS AND ARE ARVN QUARTERMASTER STAMPED
WITH A DATE OF 04-75, APRIL OF 1975. THESE ARE SOME OF THE VERY
LAST ARVN CAMOUFLAGE CLOTHING MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO THE COUNTRY
FALLING ON APRIL 30TH, 1975 ! THE TROUSERS EXHIBIT BRIGHT COLOR
WITH ONLY LIGHT WEAR IF ANY AND ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AS
SHOWN.
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781 - A NICE SOUTH VIETNAMESE TIGERSTRIPE CAMOUFLAGE SHIRT IN
THE PATTERN SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS “ADVISOR'S TYPE DENSE”.
THIS 2 POCKET HEAVYWEIGHT SHIRT IS MARKED AS A SIZE “A-M”
AND IS COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL BUTTONS IN EXCELLENT
CONDITION WITH STRONG COLOR.
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776 - A SOUTH VIETNAMESE STANDARD ISSUE SHIRT TO A CORPORAL WITH
THE ARVN 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION. THIS 2 POCKET OD POPLIN SHIRT
FEATURES RE-ENFORCED SHOULDERS WITH EPUALETS, AS WELL AS THE SOUTH
VIETNAMESE QUARTERMASTER STAMP SHOWING A MANUFACTURING DATE OF
JUNE 1964. THE SHIRT ALSO FEATURES A SIKWOVEN ARVN 7TH INFANTRY
DIVISION SSI AND CORPORAL CHEVRONS ON THE LEFT SHOULDER WITH A
HAND EMBROIDERED NAME TAPE ABOVE THE RIGHT POCKET. A GREAT SHIRT
SHOWING HONEST USE AND WEAR THAT IS IN VERY FINE CONDITION!
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777 - A VERY NICE EXAMPLE OF A TAILOR MADE LIZARD PATTERN CAMOUFLAGE
SHIRT AS WORN BY THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE AIRBORNE BRIGADE DURING
THE EARLY PHASE OF THE WAR. THIS 4 POCKET SHIRT MANUFACTURED FROM
FRENCH 47/53 LIZARD PATTERN CAMOUFLAGE IS A SIZE SMALL AND FEATURES
EPUALETS, WAIST ADJUSTMENT TABS AND A PEN POCKET ON THE LEFT SHOULDER.
AN OUTSTANDING SHIRT THAT SHOWS HONEST WEAR WITH GREAT CHARACTER
THAT IS IN VERY FINE CONDITION AS SHOWN!
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775 - A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF A FRENCH M1947/54 LIZARD PATTERN
PARACHUTIST SMOCK AS WORN BY CAMBODIAN, LAOTIAN AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE
AIRBORNE PERSONAL THROUGHOUT THE WAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. THIS CAMOUFLAGE
SMOCK IS MARKED AS A SIZE 49 (LARGE) AND IS COMPLETE WITH ALL
OF THE ORIGINAL COMPONENTS TO INCLUDE ALL ZIPPERS AND BUTTONS
AS WELL AS THE SIZE, MANUFACTURER AND THE “ARMEE”
ACCEPTANCE STAMP WITH A MANUFACTURING DATE OF FEBRUARY 1954. ALL
OF THE STAMPS ARE IN BLACK INK AND FULLY LEGIBLE ON THE INSIDE
OF THE SMOCK. A FANTASTIC SMOCK THAT IS 60 YEARS OLD NOW IN ABSOLUTE
MINT UN-ISSUED CONDITION !!!
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763 - SOUTH VIETNAMESE TIGERSTRIPE CAMOUFLAGE SHIRT. THIS 2 POCKET
HEAVYWEIGHT COTTON SHIRT IS A SIZE A-S AND IS NAMED ON THE INSIDE
IN BLUE INK TO “CHUNG”. THE SHIRT IS COMPLETE WITH
ALL OF THE ORIGINAL BUTTONS BEING IN VERY FINE CONDITION WITH
NICE COLOR.
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768 - AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF GREEN DOMINANT ERDL CAMOUFLAGE
JUNGLE JACKET TO A US AIR FORCE DOG HANDLER. THIS 1969 DATED JUNGLE
JACKET IS A SIZE SMALL LONG AND FEATURES ALL SOUTH VIETNAMESE
MADE INSIGNIA TO INCLUDE THE TAPES AND USAF SECURITY POLICE BADGE
ON ERDL MATERIAL AS WELL AS A SILK WOVEN SOUTH VIETNAMESE MILITARY
POLICE SSI AND MACHINE EMBROIDERED “HELL ON PAWS –
K9” PATCH. A NICE JACKET WITH HONEST WEAR AND GREAT CHARACTER
THAT IS IN VERY FINE CONDITION AS SHOWN!
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771 - STANDARD ISSUE RHODESIAN ARMY CAMOUFLAGE SHIRT. THIS 2 POCKET
HEAVYWEIGHT COTTON SHIRT IS A GENEROUS SIZE 42 CHEST AND FEATURES
THE “BAT WING” STYLE POCKET FLAPS ALONG WITH RHODESIAN
ARMY SERGEANT’S CHEVRONS ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER. A NICE EXAMPLE
WITH STRONG COLOR THAT IS IN VERY FINE CONDITION AS SHOWN.
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753 - AN OUTSTANDING US ISSUE 5TH PATTERN RIPSTOP JUNGLE JACKET
BELONGING TO A FORMER RECONNAISSANCE SERGEANT WITH THE 1 /502ND
“STRIKE RECON” ELEMENT OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
!!! THIS SMALL SHORT JUNGLE JACKET CIRCA 1968/69 FEATURES A FANTASTIC
SELECTION OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE MADE INSIGNIA TO INCLUDE BOTH TAPES,
JUMP WINGS, AIRCREW WINGS, CIB, 1/502ND STRIKE RECON SCROLL AND
A BEAUTIFUL HAND EMBROIDERED JUNGLE EXPERT POCKET PATCH. BOTH
OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE SSI’S ARE OF US MANUFACTURE. A GREAT
JACKET SHOWING HONEST WEAR WITH SUPERB CHARACTER THAT IS IN VERY
FINE CONDITION AS SHOWN !!!
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740 - A GREAT SET OF MODIFIED FRENCH MLE. 47/56 LIZARD PATTERN
/ AIRBORNE CAMOUFLAGE AS USED BY SOME CAMBODIAN AND LAOTIAN PARACHUTISTS
DURING THE WARS IN CAMBODIA AND LAOS. THE SET CONSISTS OF THE
MLE. 47/56 PARACHUTIST SMOCK WHICH ITSELF HAS BEEN MODIFIED BY
SHORTENING THE SMOCK UP TO AND LEVEL WITH THE LOWER POCKETS. THE
SMOCK ALSO HAS THE FRENCH ACCEPTANCE STAMPS WITH A DATE OF 1961.
ALSO PRESENT ARE THE MATCHING MLE. 47/56 PARACHUTIST (6) POCKET
TROUSERS WHICH ARE COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL SUSPENDERS. A REALLY
NICE SET OF LIZARD PATTERN CAMOUFLAGE WITH STRONG COLOR THAT IS
IN VERY FINE PLUS CONDITION AS SHOWN.
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741 - WWII BRITISH WINDPROOF CAMOUFLAGE TROUSERS AS WORN BY SOME
FRENCH PARACHUTE UNITS DURING THE FIRST INDOCHINA WAR. THESE (3)
POCKET LIGHTWIEGHT COTTON TROUSERS ARE A SIZE 36 WAIST AND DATED
1943 WITH (1) PERIOD VERTICAL REPAIR PRESENT ON THE FRONT CENTER
OF THE TROUSERS. A NICE PAIR OF WINDPROOF WHICH SHOW HONEST WEAR
AND USE THAT ARE IN VERY FINE CONDITION AS SHOWN.
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742 - A NICE EXAMPLE OF A TAILOR MADE SHORT WAISTED BATTLE JACKET
IN FRENCH LIZARD PATTERN CAMOUFLAGE AS WORN BY NUMEROUS TYPES
OF MILITARY PERSONAL TO INCLUDE BOTH CAMBODIANS AND LAOTIANS DURING
THE WAR. THIS 2 POCKET SHORT WAISTED BATTLE JACKET FEATURES EPUALETS,
BARREL TYPE CUFFS AND WAIST TIGHTENING TABS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
JACKET ON EACH SIDE. A SELDOM ENCOUNTERED EXAMPLE WITH GREAT CHARACTER
THAT IS IN VERY FINE / WORN CONDITION.
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732 - AN OUTSTANDING SET OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE TIGERSTRIPE CAMOUFLAGE.
THIS LIGHTWEIGHT COTTON POPLIN SET CONSISTS OF THE 2 POCKET SHIRT
AND 6 POCKET TROUSERS WHICH ARE BOTH STAMPED AS A SIZE US-L !!!
THIS PERFECTLY MATCHED SET OF TIGER IS COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE
ORIGINAL COMPONENTS WITH NO RIPS, TEARS OR REPAIRS AND IN ABSOLUTE
MINT UN-ISSUED CONDITION AS SHOWN!
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727 - SOUTH VIETNAMESE TAILOR MADE “MITCHELL” PATTERN
CAMOUFLAGE SHIRT AS WORN BY A FORMER MARINE WHO SERVED IN AND
AROUND CHU LAI AND DA NANG DURING 1966 AND 1967. THIS 2 POCKET
SHIRT IS COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL BUTTONS AS WELL AS
THE FORMER MARINES NAME ABOVE THE LEFT POCKET. A NICE COMBAT WORN
EXAMPLE WITH GREAT CHARACTER THAT IS IN VERY FINE CONDITION AS
SHOWN.
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729 - US ISSUE GREEN DOMINANT LEAF PATTERN CAMOUFLAGE JUNGLE JACKET
THAT IS A SIZE MEDIUM SHORT, DATED 1969 AND IN MINT UN-ISSUED
CONDITION.
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731 - GREAT VINTAGE 1960’S (CIRCA 1964/65) SILK SCREENED
“ARMY” NOVELTY JACKET WITH DEPICTIONS OF US MILITARY
INSIGNIA FROM WWII THOUGH THE EARLY 1960’S. THIS COTTON
WIND BREAKER STYLE JACKET IS COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL ZIPPER
IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AS SHOWN.
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707 - OUTSTANDING WWII BRITISH CAMOUFLAGE DENISON PARACHUTIST
SMOCK AS WORN BY THE FRENCH 8TH BPC (BATTALION PARACHITISTS COLONIAL)
DURING THE WAR IN FRENCH INDOCHINA. THIS 1ST PATTERN SMOCK IS
COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL COMPONENTS TO INCLUDE THE “PRENTICE”
MARKED ZIPPER, BEAVER TAIL AND SNAPS/PRESS STUDS, AS WELL AS THE
KNIT COLLAR AND CUFFS. THE SMOCK POSSESSES STRONG COLOR AND IS
HALLMARKED WITH THE BROAD ARROW/ACCEPTANCE STAMPS IN BLACK INK.
THE ORIGINAL WHITE CLOTH MAKERS LABEL IS PRESENT AS WELL BUT IS
ILLEDGABLE DUE TO AGE. AN EXTREMELY NICE SMOCK THAT IS IN VERY
FINE CONDITION WITH GREAT CHARACTER!
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708 - US ISSUE 3RD PATTERN OG-107 UTILITY SHIRT TO A US NAVY CHIEF
PETTY OFFICER WITH LIGHT ATTACK SQUADRON FOUR (VAL-4), THE BLACK
PONIES. THIS 1967 DATED SHIRT HAS ALL SOUTH VIETNAMESE MADE INSIGNIA
TO INCLUDE AN EXTREMELY NICE HAND EMBROIDERED 1ST PATTERN VAL-4
“MOSQUITO” PATCH. CAREFUL EXAMINATION WILL SHOW THAT
ALL OF THE INSIGNIA IS ORIGINAL TO THE SHIRT ITSELF WHICH IS IN
VERY FINE USED CONDITION WITH NICE CHARACTER.
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714 - EXTREMELY NICE US ISSUE 5TH VARIATION RIPSTOP JUNGLE JACKET
TO A US NAVY LIEUTENANT JG WITH COASTAL DIVISION ELEVEN. THE JACKET
IS A SIZE SMALL REGULAR, DATED 1968 AND HAS ALL SOUTH VIETNAMESE
MADE INSIGNIA TO INCLUDE THE COASTAL DIVISION ELEVEN SHOULDER
PATCH. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE THAT IS IN VERY FINE USED CONDITION
WITH GREAT CHARACTER !!!
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A NICE EXAMPLE OF A FRENCH 47/53 LIZARD PATTERN CAMOUFLAGE PARACHUITIST
SMOCK. ALTHOUGH RARELY ENCOUNTRED DURING THE FIRST INDOCHINA WAR.
THESE SMOCKS WERE WIDELY SEEN IN USE DURING THE 1960’S AND
INTO THE EARLY 1970’S BY SOUTH VIETNAMESE, CAMBODIAN AND
LAOTIAN PARACHUTISTS.
THE SMOCK ITSELF IS A VERY GENEROUS SIZE 42 CHEST AND FEATURES
ALL OF THE ORIGINAL COMPONENTS (BUTTONS, SNAPS AND STRAPS) ENCOUNTERED
ON A 47/53 TO INCLUDE THE INTACT “BEAVER TAIL” AND
A FULLY FUNCTIONAL ZIPPER. A NICE WORN SPECIMEN WITH GREAT COLORATION
THAT IS IN VERY FINE CONDITION AS SHOWN WITH NO RIPS, TEARS OR
REPAIRS.
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636 - A FANTASTIC US ISSUE OG-107 SHIRT TO A UDT WHO WAS ATTACHED
TO SEAL TEAM 1 DURING THE WAR IN SOUTH VIETNAM ! THIS 1970 DATED
2 POCKET SHIRT FEATURES SOME OUTSTANDING SOUTH VIETNAMESE HAND
EMBROIDERED INSIGNIA TO INCLUDE A USN EOD POCKET PATCH, A SEAL
TEAM 1 ARC, A USN EOD QUALIFICATION BADGE, AND A USN DIVER QUALIFICATION
BADGE LOCATED TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE LEFT SLEEVE. ONE OF THE
NICEST US NAVY COMBAT SHIRTS WE HAVE EVER HAD THAT IS IN VERY
FINE USED CONDITION WITH GREAT CHARACTER AS SHOWN!
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624 - AN OUTSTANDING 1ST PATTERN UTILITY SHIRT AS WORN BY AN AIRCREW
MEMBER (CREW CHIEF/DOOR GUNNER) OF THE US NAVY’S HELICOPTER
ATTACK LIGHT SQUADRON 3, HAL-3 ! THE SHIRT IS DATED 1963 AND POSSESS
ALL SOUTH VIETNAMESE MADE INSIGNIA WHICH IS ORIGINAL TO THE SHIRT
ITSELF UPON CAREFUL INSPECTION. A NICE SHIRT WITH GREAT CHARACTER
THAT POSSIBLY COULD BE RESEARCHED FURTHER!
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628 - A PRIVATE PURCHASE LIGHTWEIGHT POPLIN SHIRT TO A PETTY OFFICER
3RD CLASS WITH THE US COAST GUARD ! THE SHIRT POSSESSES THEATRE
MADE HAND EMBROIDERED DUAL LANGUAGE BREAST TAPES, AS WELL AS A
NICE “USCG LORSTA SATTAHIP THAILAND” PATCH ON THE
RIGHT SHOULDER. ALSO PRESENT IS THE PETTY OFFICER 3RD CLASS STENCIL
ON THE LEFT SHOULDER. US COAST GUARD UNIFORMS ARE SOMEWHAT HARD
TO LOCATE WITH THIS EXAMPLE SHOWING HONEST WEAR AND BEING IN VERY
FINE CONDITION AS SHOWN.
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620 - ANOTHER EXTREMELY NICE GROUPING TO US MARINE CORPS ADVISOR,
MAJOR LANE ROGERS, WHO WAS THE SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE
MARINE CORPS 3RD BATTALION IN 1964 AND 1965. THE GROUPING CONSISTS
OF HIS BADGED SOUTH VIETNAMESE TIGERSTRIPE SHIRT, SIZE US-L, AND
HIS 1ST PATTERN SOUTH VIETNAMESE MARINE CORPS OFFICER’S
BERET WHICH IS COMPLETE WITH THE 1ST PATTERN OFFICER’S BERET
BADGE IN GOLD BULLION AS WELL AS THE PLASTIC SWEATSHIELD, FOIL
TAILOR’S LABEL AND TIES.
ALSO INCLUDED ARE HIS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS FLAG, A MULTI
PIECE CONSTRUCTED SOUTH VIETNAMESE FLAG, HIS PROMOTION DOCUMENT
TO CAPTAIN, HIS PROMOTION DOCUMENT TO MAJOR DURING THIS TOUR,
AN APRIL 23RD 1965 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE CONTAINING AN ARTICLE
AND PHOTOS OF HIM AS THE 3RD VNMC BATTALION ADVISOR AND A VINTAGE
CASSETTE RECORDER THAT IS OPERATIONAL AND CONTAINS AN INTERVIEW
THAT HE GAVE IN 1966 EXPLAING IN DETAIL HIS TOUR AS THE 3RD VNMC
BATTALION’S ADVISOR IN 1964/65.
PLEASE CALL AND/OR E-MAIL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS
UNIQUE GROUPING AND FEEL FREE TO TAKE A LOOK AT HIS OTHER GROUPING
WE HAVE LISTED FROM HIS TOUR IN LAOS AS AN LAOTIAN IRREGULAR FORCES
ADVISOR.
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621 - WWII BRITISH WINDPROOF CAMOUFLAGE TROUSERS AS WORN BY FRENCH
AND LAOTIAN FORCES DURING THE FRENCH INDOCHINA WAR (1946-1955).
THE TROUSERS ARE A SIZE 7, DATED 1944 AND COMPLETE WITH ALL OF
THE ORIGINAL COMPONENTS IN MINT UN-ISSUED CONDITION AS SHOWN.
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623 - AN INTERESTING SOUTH VIETNAMESE TAILOR MADE CAMOUFLAGE SHIRT
THAT IS IN A “BIG CAT” (LEOPARD, CHEETAH, JAGUAR,
ETC.) TYPE OF PATTERN SELDOM ENCOUNTERED TODAY. THIS GREAT LOOKING
CAMOUFLAGE SHIRT IS A SIZE 40 CHEST, HAS THE ORIGINAL SILK WOVEN
TAILOR’S LABEL FROM BIEN HOA / S. VIETNAM, AND IS STRAIGHT
OUT OF THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC BAG IN MINT UN-ISSUED CONDITION AS
SHOWN.
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610 - ONE OF THE NICEST DOCUMENTED UNIFORM GROUPINGS WE HAVE RUN
ACROSS SO FAR IN 2011 ! THESE ITEMS BELONGED TO A USMC ADVISOR
WHO ADVISED THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE MARINE CORPS 3RD BATTALION FROM
JUNE 64’ – JUNE 65’. THIS INDIVIDUAL ALSO WENT
ON TO SERVE (2) ADDITIONAL TOURS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, ANOTHER IN
SOUTH VIETNAM FROM 1966 UNTIL 1968 WITH MARINE RECON, AS WELL
AS A TOUR IN LAOS AS AN ADVISOR TO VANG PAO’S LAOTIAN IRREGULAR
FORCES. THE ITEMS OFFERED HERE WE BELIEVE ARE FROM HIS TOUR IN
LAOS WHERE HIS OFFICAL TITLE WAS ASSISTANT NAVAL ATTACHE, VIENTAINE
LAOS.
THIS EXTREMELY INTERESTING GROUPING CONSISTS OF
HIS FRENCH M47/53 CAMOUFLAGE PARACHUTIST SMOCK, WHICH HE HAS MODIFIED
BY PLACING (2) OF THE SMALLER POCKETS FROM HIS FRENCH M47/52 CAMOUFLAGE
PARACHUTIST TROUSERS UPON THE SHOULDERS. THE SMOCK ALSO POSSESS
HIS SOUTH VIETNAMESE HAND EMBROIDERED NAMETAPE AS WELL AS A JAPANESE
MADE 3RD MARINE RECON BATTALION PATCH UPON THE LEFT SHOULDER.
ALSO PRESENT ARE HIS FRENCH M47/52 CAMOUFLAGE PARACHUTIST TROUSERS,
WHICH THEMSELVES APPEAR TO HAVE NEVER BEEN WORN OTHER THAN HIM
REMOVING (2) OF THE (3) SMALLER POCKETS TO PLACE UPON THE SHOULDERS
OF THE SMOCK. ROUNDING OUT THE GROUPING IS HIS FRENCH M1949 BUSH
HAT IN AN OLIVE DRAB COLOR AS ENCOUNTERED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA IN
THE 1960’ / EARLY 1970’S. THE HAT IS NAMED TO HIM
ON THE UNDERNEATH SIDE AND SHOWS HONEST USE WITH GREAT CHARACTER
AS DOES HIS FRENCH M47/53 PARACHUTIST SMOCK.
AN EXTENSIVE LETTER OF DOCUMENTAION WILL ACCOMPANY THIS GROUPING
ALONG WITH SOME OF HIS MILITARY DOCUMENTS/PAPERWORK WHICH WE HAVE
IN OUR POSSESSION BUT ARE NOT SHOWN.
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606 - A RARE SIZED SET OF CISO MANUFACTURED SOUTH VIETNAMESE CIDG
LEOPARD PATTERN CAMOUFLAGE, AS WORN BY US ADVISORS DURING THE
EARLY ADVISORY PHASE OF THE WAR. THIS 1ST VARIATION MATCHED SET
CONSISTS OF THE 3 POCKET SHIRT WHICH IS MARKED AS A US-L, AS WELL
AS THE 5 POCKET TROUSERS WHICH ARE ALSO MARKED AS A SIZE US-L.
THE SET IS COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL COMPONENTS TO INCLUDE
THE BLACKENED METAL 13 STAR BUTTONS AS WELL AS THE RARELY ENCOUNTERED
AND/OR INTACT CISO INSPECTOR’S CLOTH LABEL. A TRUE MUSEUM
QUALITY SPECIMEN IN A SELDOM ENCOUNTERED SIZE THAT IS IN MINT
UN-ISSUED CONDITION AS SHOWN.
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550 - AN EXTREMELY NICE SOUTH VIETNAMESE HEAVYWEIGHT TIGERSTRIPE
SET. THE 2 POCKET SHIRT IS MARKED AS A SIZE A-L (38 INCH CHEST),
WITH THE MATCHING 5 POCKET TROUSERS BEING MARKED A-L AS WELL WITH
A 32 INCH WAIST. THE SET IS COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL
COMPONENTS AND EXHIBITS GREAT COLORRATION INCLUDING A BEAUTIFUL
PURPLE HUE. A GREAT SET IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION AS SHOWN.
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