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Garth Thompson

Picked this up in a lot looks to be a proper Vientam period patch. Informed opinions are welcome. No guesses please.

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River Patrol

It's a good Japanese machine-made novelty patch.

 

From Wikipedia:

MAG-39 was activated at Quang Tri Airfield, Republic of Vietnam, amongst the chaos of war. Originally assigned to the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, MAG-39 participated in the Vietnam war until October 1969 when it was deactivated.

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Patchcollector

Here is a Thai made example from my collection.Not sure if they were novelty patches,I think these were actually worn on uniforms.

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Hello,

Here is an example from our collection. It has been removed from some type of uniform, appears to be US made on twill, and from my understanding is either a pre-deployment piece, or one of the first variants made for the unit. It came from a legendary "man" who sells "rare" "patch"es.

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Hello,

Here is an example from our collection. It has been removed from some type of uniform, appears to be US made on twill, and from my understanding is either a pre-deployment piece, or one of the first variants made for the unit. It came from a legendary "man" who sells "rare" "patch"es.

 

That's a nice patch.I think it is for the security detail to wear,do you have a pic of the back?I have a Thai made version of that,and I wanted to compare

the back views.I'll have to dig mine out to take a pic and post it here.

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River Patrol
I think these were actually worn on uniforms.

 

Why would you think that?

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Patchcollector
Why would you think that?

 

So you're saying that it was used only on party suits,because that's what I think of when I hear "novelty" patch.

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Patchcollector

I had to dig a bit,but I found my Security Detail piece.If I remember right,I got this from either Bob or Larry,awhile back.

Now that I look at it again,it may be US made,the netting on the back is a bit tighter than most Thai examples.

Anyway,here it is.

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