Unknown patch - Vietnam

[River Patrol]

I got this patch recently and quickly filed it into the "unknown" section of my book. Anyone have a clue who used this patch?

 

My guess is an Advisory Team patch....maybe for Team 100 since it has the "Centurion" rocker. Idk.

 

Any help is appreciated.

[Johnny Signor]

Well it has the MAC V emblem lower right and the letters VL and LII could possibly be a base location ???????????????

And I "assume" that's some sort of winged creature there in the center, does it look like any of the unit emblems of FOB's ........................

[firefighter]

I'm also thinking an Advisory Team.The thing in the middle is suppose to be a Roman type helmet.Is this the one from eBay? If it is I was trying to snag it.

[vintageproductions]

It's a MATS team.

[J_Andrews]

Mobile Advisory Teams (MAT) had numbers, like I-45, denoting I CTZ, Team 45. Never saw any like "L11". The "VL" could stand for Vinh Long, which I beleive was a Province in III or maybe IV Corps.

[Longhorn92]

I think J_Andrews is on to something.

 

Maybe the LII are Roman numeral "52;" Advisory Team 52 was at Vinh Long.

 

Or maybe the VL denotes "45." Maybe MAT IV-45 under Advisory Team 52. Or the other way around.

[Longhorn92]

Wait a sec...XLV is 45. So that won't work.

 

So I like VL for "Vinh Long."

[River Patrol]

I can believe "VL" is the abbreviation for the Province, perhaps Vinh Long, and that the "LII" is Roman Numerals for the Team number.....I'll see if I can find information to match them up.

 

Yes Firefighter, this was on Ebay recently. I like the ideas for the center "thing" but I still can't imagine what it is.

 

Thanks for the help everyone.

[firefighter]

I think it is a Roman Centurion helmet.Google images for that type of helmet.It has 'CENTURION' on the patch.I'm glad somebody on here got it.

[River Patrol]

Yea, you're right. I can see the helmet now and with the "Centurion" rocker, it makes sense.

 

Thanks for seeing what I couldn't, Firefighter!

 

Cheers,

Steve

[Bearmon]

Like this:

[beezman]

It is Advisory Team 52 in Vinh Long indeed. Here is the beercan version of the earlier patch, with MAAG SSI instead of the MACV one:

 

[firefighter]

Solved. The beer can has the MAAG insignia versus the patch having the MACV.The patch one most be a later use insignia when MAAG-VN was deactivated and MACV took over?

[beezman]

I bought the beercan badge straight form the vet, and he stated he had served in 1966. The changeover on the insignia design probably took place later that the MAAG/MACV transition. (the MAAG patch on my pic is unrelated)