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Vietnam War - Viet Cong captured items


Ricardo
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VC/NVA Back Pack

VC SKS Chest Rig
VC Black "Pajama" pants and shirt
Canteen with carrier
Grenade Carrier (for 2 stick grenades)
Leather Belt with cloth around the metal buckles to silence them
Tunnel Lamp
Spoon, Bowl (the small bowl has a bullet hole in it)
Handmade Knife
Handmade Machete from truck spring
Chinese military Flashlight
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Great stuff you got there Ricardo.

 

I also have a some NVA stuff, but far from what you got :) Again nice stuff.

Thanks for posting it.

 

Regards

Martin

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Thank you fellows!

 

Next targets:

 

- Rice Paddy Hat and/or black sun hat

- Black and white or chesckered scarf

- Ho Chi Minh sandals made of tires and rubber straps

 

Ricardo.

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Thank you fellows!

 

Next targets:

 

- Rice Paddy Hat and/or black sun hat

- Black and white or chesckered scarf

- Ho Chi Minh sandals made of tires and rubber straps

 

Ricardo.

 

Nice items! Any history on the pj's? The belt is pretty unusual also. As for your want list:

 

Rice Paddy Hat and/or black sun hat - period ones are difficult to find and very uncommon.

- Black and white or chesckered scarf - scarves are not super common but they are out there. Many came back from Cambodia

- Ho Chi Minh sandals made of tires and rubber straps - not too difficult to find, but getting a set with proven provenance to a VC is. (Jaunty Tilt website shows that they still have a pair avail)

 

Good hunting!

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Thank you fellows!

 

Next targets:

 

- Rice Paddy Hat and/or black sun hat

- Black and white or chesckered scarf

- Ho Chi Minh sandals made of tires and rubber straps

 

Ricardo.

Ricardo,

 

I really like your new photos of the VC/NVA items displayed together. I thought you might enjoy seeing what I think is an original rice paddy hat that a soldier managed to bring home without tearing it up?? It is 22" diameter and about 8" tall at the crown. There is some sort of Asian characters on a piece of paper that has been interwoven within the inside of the hat, those are the only markings that I see. Not real sure of the age. I display it with my Japanese WWII and NVA Vietnam items.

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