firefighter Posted August 11, 2013 Share #26 Posted August 11, 2013 BASTIEN Great collection.I like the Public Info Officer patch and the NCBU pocket hanger.I would think the Japanese made variation is a harder one to find? Thank you for sharing your collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 11, 2013 Share #27 Posted August 11, 2013 On the Artillery photo from June 1967. Hard to tell but I wonder if there all South Vietnamese made. Great photo Bastien, thank's for adding it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
439th Signal Battalion Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share #28 Posted August 11, 2013 This very nice MP brassard was issued to forum member M151MP who was with HHC-MP's, 199th LIB, from 69 - 70. The vast majority of the US manufactored cut-edge subdued SSI's were were all black, whereas many of the Vietnamese made subdued SSI's contained the colored fireball in middle with either red, brown, or orange thread. I believe that there was a small run (not 100% sure, and this example could possibly be one) of US produced insignia that contained the colored fireball with subdued insignial but these are harder to come by as they weren't authorized for wear stateside much like the standard issue jungle fatigues. Patches, perhaps you could elaborate on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 12, 2013 Share #29 Posted August 12, 2013 @439, elaborate on what? the U.S. made Subdueds on cloth with a colored Fireball? it the one on the MP brassard such a one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bastien Posted August 12, 2013 Share #30 Posted August 12, 2013 For me, the semi-subdued shown by 439th Sig Bn is an US made , this is exactly the same as mine ( display case , top row third from right). I own the same version for the 196th ssi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
439th Signal Battalion Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share #31 Posted September 13, 2013 Another Vietnamese produced SSI. More to come. I have to find the time to take the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted September 13, 2013 Share #32 Posted September 13, 2013 In decal form on a liner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted September 13, 2013 Share #33 Posted September 13, 2013 In decal form on a liner. Great looking helmet.Whats on the front and other side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted September 13, 2013 Share #34 Posted September 13, 2013 Great looking helmet.Whats on the front and other side? MP and the platoon number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m151mp Posted September 13, 2013 Share #35 Posted September 13, 2013 Great looking helmet.Whats on the front and other side? the front should say "MP", and the other side should say either 199 for the brigade or 152 for the other MP unit in our brigade. so i'll be interested to see what it actually has on it, if ian posts the other side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted September 13, 2013 Share #36 Posted September 13, 2013 Cont'd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted September 13, 2013 Share #37 Posted September 13, 2013 WOW!! Sweet looking liner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
439th Signal Battalion Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share #38 Posted September 14, 2013 One of my most treasured pieces from a close friend and mentor. This jacket has been in a display case for some time and I just took it out to get some close-up pics. This is a field worn, battle-damaged jacket from a team leader in Echo Company Recon, 3-7th Infantry, 199th LIB. I only hope the Recon flash and pocket patch don't end up being reproduced and sold on Ebay at some point in the future... Reference #17 when he was WIA wearing jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted September 14, 2013 Share #39 Posted September 14, 2013 nice looking jacket.I've never seen that pocket patch before.Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
439th Signal Battalion Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share #40 Posted September 14, 2013 Another soldier wearing the 3-7 Recon platoon pocket patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
439th Signal Battalion Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share #41 Posted September 14, 2013 Another version of a 3-7th Infantry Recon platoon pocket patch. This one, however, is a decent reproduction that I put on my son's ERDL jacket to wear (for those of us collectors who have children, don't we always have to outfit them correctly when they go out to play ). I have never been able to find an original. The recon trooper on the top right has one of these on his pocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 14, 2013 Share #42 Posted September 14, 2013 Here's an interesting insignia combination. Everything looks subdued and theater made with the exception of the black and gold U.S. Army and white name tapes that really contrast with the subdued insignia. Also, note the helmet net covering rather than the standard camouflage cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted September 14, 2013 Share #43 Posted September 14, 2013 In post #37 is Sparks wearing a WW2 German P-38 ? Is he a collector ? Another collector friend of mine wore SS camouflage in Vietnam from his collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
439th Signal Battalion Posted September 15, 2013 Author Share #44 Posted September 15, 2013 It was a captured Tokarov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 15, 2013 Share #45 Posted September 15, 2013 Here are some of my 199th patches including a full color cut edge and merrowed edge version, a subdued on twill version and subdued merrowed edge version. Note the subdued twill version is shorter than the others. Also note the merrowed edge on the left side of the full color version slightly overlaps the white border of the patch. Would this be normal or is this more likely an original cut edge patch that had a merrowed edge added later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 15, 2013 Share #46 Posted September 15, 2013 Also don't forget your ACU version. The 199th is now a training unit at Fort Benning, Georgia. http://www.benning.army.mil/infantry/199th/ Until just recently, the Airborne course was attached to the 199th so the Airborne instructors wore the 199th SSI with an Airborne tab. I wonder if anyone from the Airborne school served in Iraq or Afghanistan and is entitled to wear the 199th with Airborne tab as a combat patch. Also, I wonder if there is a 199th Combat Service Identification Badge. None is shown on the Institute of Heraldry page for the 199th: http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/ArmyDUISSICOA/ArmyHeraldryUnit.aspx?u=7068 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 15, 2013 Share #47 Posted September 15, 2013 Here's a theater made copy I once owned but have since sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 15, 2013 Share #48 Posted September 15, 2013 Here's a clearer picture of the 199th patch being worn with an Airborne tab on the ACU of a member of the cadre of the Basic Airborne Course at Fort Benning. Note that she is wearing the flash of the 1st Battalion 507th Infantry which is the unit that conducts the training at the jump school. According to the 199th's official website, the jump school has recently been reassigned to the Ranger Training Brigade. By the way, any ideas on what branch the officer might be? Aren't jump school cadre typically Infantry? This picture came from the 1/507th official website a few months back but I can't recall what her name or position are and I can't find her on the site now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bastien Posted September 15, 2013 Share #49 Posted September 15, 2013 Very nice updates Robby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolunteerArmoury Posted September 15, 2013 Share #50 Posted September 15, 2013 There's no way to know her branch in ACUs. The only officers who wear branch insignia in ACUs are Chaplains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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