gwb123 Posted March 10, 2012 Share #26 Posted March 10, 2012 USAF Chaplain with a very crude branch insignia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted March 10, 2012 Share #27 Posted March 10, 2012 USAF 553rd Recon with Thai made patches. This one appeared either on Manion's or eBay years ago and I picked it up for about $18. You couldn't even buy the patch for that these days. But back then a lot of people were only patch collectors and would not bother with uniforms. This is one of the nicest ones I ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted March 10, 2012 Share #28 Posted March 10, 2012 I almost passed this one up when I found in a Salvation Army in Hawaii. In fact I left it on the rack for several weeks in a row before I finally brought it home. I think I paid all of $7 for it. Back then, I was still in the oooohhh and ahhhh stage of collecting, and was only looking for uniforms stacked with patches. It sunk in later that the troops and airmen in the field did not always wear fully badged uniforms when they were on the job. The Air Commando tab is hand stitched, and I believe the rank insignia are hand made as well. Unfortunately this one had it's name tape stripped off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeperz83 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share #29 Posted March 10, 2012 USAF 553rd Recon with Thai made patches. This one appeared either on Manion's or eBay years ago and I picked it up for about $18. You couldn't even buy the patch for that these days. But back then a lot of people were only patch collectors and would not bother with uniforms. This is one of the nicest ones I ever had. Wow! Now that's a cool shirt :thumbsup: Thai made stuff always nice to see. Even today I find very few people who have any interest in Vietnam AF items. I probably have 20 AF shirts I've picked up over the years for $30 or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted March 10, 2012 Share #30 Posted March 10, 2012 Local made shirt for a TAC pilot. I believe this was another auction purchase. The name tapes are faded to more of a slight purple color. The rank and wing are direct embroidered. One thing when you buy an officer's shirt... flip the collars over and see if had a previous rank. I have seen them where they had US made major's rank (which is not all that exciting) but when you flipped them over you found local made direct embroidered Captain's rank like this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted March 10, 2012 Share #31 Posted March 10, 2012 Wow! Now that's a cool shirt :thumbsup: Thai made stuff always nice to see. Even today I find very few people who have any interest in Vietnam AF items. I probably have 20 AF shirts I've picked up over the years for $30 or less. You're right and I never quite understood that. People would go nuts bidding over badged US Army jungle fatigues, but you would see USAF and USN jungle fatigues just sit there. Even just the ones that only have sleeve rank, some of those Thai made rank chevrons are works of art! But I think there is more of an interest now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted March 10, 2012 Share #32 Posted March 10, 2012 A couple more owned by a friend of mine who maintains a private museum in Dallas. A USAF advisor to the VNAF with an Army style Nomex flight shirt. Note the Vienamese wing and equivilant rank blossom. This is the only one of these I have ever seen. A local made 19th Air Commando shirt with the classic "pen pocket" . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted March 10, 2012 Share #33 Posted March 10, 2012 Security Police K-9 handler. I never did identify this to a specific unit, but the patch was gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted March 10, 2012 Share #34 Posted March 10, 2012 A couple more Security Police Uniforms. RTG stands for "Royal Thai Guard", which were the counterparts to the Security Police. Airbases in Thailand were often guarded by a combination of both units. The rank on the ERDL camo is done in the same material... that is not something you see very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeperz83 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share #35 Posted March 10, 2012 A couple more Security Police Uniforms. RTG stands for "Royal Thai Guard", which were the counterparts to the Security Police. Airbases in Thailand were often guarded by a combination of both units. The rank on the ERDL camo is done in the same material... that is not something you see very often. Awesome! I have a similar RTG badged shirt I picked up at the SOS, the ERDL rank is very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeperz83 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share #36 Posted March 10, 2012 My RTG badged shirt. Spotted this under a pile of OD green shirts at SOS and had to have it! Was able to get a full a name and ID it to a security policeman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeperz83 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share #37 Posted March 10, 2012 Tapes- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeperz83 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share #38 Posted March 10, 2012 ERDL rank and RTG patch- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeperz83 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share #39 Posted March 10, 2012 Name tape in English and Thai translation- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted March 10, 2012 Share #40 Posted March 10, 2012 That "thing" across the RTG/SPS patch is supposed to be a roll of concertina wire. Perhaps you knew that, but it baffled me for a long time. I thought it was some kind of chain. Nice ERDL shirt... I've always like the bilingual name tapes. You also see them for Korea, Japan, and Republic of China. Of course with the current conflicts you also see them in Arabic and Pashtun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeperz83 Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share #41 Posted March 11, 2012 That "thing" across the RTG/SPS patch is supposed to be a roll of concertina wire. Perhaps you knew that, but it baffled me for a long time. I thought it was some kind of chain. Nice ERDL shirt... I've always like the bilingual name tapes. You also see them for Korea, Japan, and Republic of China. Of course with the current conflicts you also see them in Arabic and Pashtun. Good to know, I haven't been able to find alot of info about the RTG insignia. Nice to see another example. You've owned some killer pieces :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted March 11, 2012 Share #42 Posted March 11, 2012 Good to know, I haven't been able to find alot of info about the RTG insignia. Nice to see another example. You've owned some killer pieces :thumbsup: Thanks! If you have not seen the Vietnam Security Police Association website, you'll like it. You will find examples of teh RTG/SPS patches there. http://www.vspa.com/7th-af-crests-p1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js584 Posted March 11, 2012 Share #43 Posted March 11, 2012 Here's mine! I think the shirt is VN era but there is no date in it so I can't say for sure. I'm pretty sure the dress uniform is VN era too lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvmhm Posted March 12, 2012 Share #44 Posted March 12, 2012 This is a part of a group I posted in the recent finds section...an OD shirt but with Vietnamese made insignia....you can't tell it from the photos, but the tapes and oakleaves have the characteristic "yarn" looking embroidery... Mark sends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rr01 Posted March 12, 2012 Share #45 Posted March 12, 2012 Here's mine! I think the shirt is VN era but there is no date in it so I can't say for sure. I'm pretty sure the dress uniform is VN era too lol Yes, the service dress IS Vietnam era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvmhm Posted March 12, 2012 Share #46 Posted March 12, 2012 On the fatigue shirt, the buttons of that type were discontinued in 1964....look inside the pocket on the service dress and you'll see the contract date.... Mark sends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed101 Posted March 12, 2012 Share #47 Posted March 12, 2012 Thought I'd add a few pics from a rather large grouping I acquired. I'll just post the in country pieces. Flight suits with locally made insignia. Fatigue shirt & party shirt in background. Better photo of party shirt. Baseball style cap. I have lots more in this grouping. Father & son pilots. Enjoy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPage Posted March 14, 2012 Share #48 Posted March 14, 2012 Here's mine (this camera doesn't do things justice). Theater-made E-9 stripes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
34BDQ Posted March 16, 2012 Share #49 Posted March 16, 2012 Very unusual to see that this AF Sargent being RANGER qualified. SEE POST #44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeperz83 Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share #50 Posted March 16, 2012 Here's mine (this camera doesn't do things justice). Theater-made E-9 stripes. Those stripes are very cool, nice shirt :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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