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'67 EARLY ERDL ? ALMOST NO BLACKS- FOR REVIEW


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these came from an 11th air assault div (test) officer / probable later advisor to arvn laos and thais. a bit faded but what struck me is the lack of blacks ('cept for the pocket ink stain.)

 

top button exposed and bracket for the brass talon zipper pull stamped '42.' (?) so, early/experimental pattern before the 'black lightning bolt' erdl pattern was standardized? thanks

 

stand by for another pic...

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Here's the progrrssion:

 

- Vietnam era ERDL - white labels and slant pockets on the shirts, zippers on the pants


- RDF ERDL - white labels and straight pockets, buttons on the pants

- Woodland - green labels

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These pants are quite interesting. I don't think I've ever seen a rip resistant pair with no black in them. Thanks for posting. I will be looking at early ERDLs with much closer attention from now on.

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thanks fellas - so I turned them inside out and there's still practically no black showing (again save for the ink stain).

and is this for sure normal ERDL or, if we're lucky, some 'trial-basis' as-yet-unidentified pattern? what do you make of the extra photos, please?

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I can still see the regular black patterns even when you've turned them inside out.

 

As much as you want them to be an experimental version of ERDL they are just faded early dated trousers, nothing more I'm afraid.

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aw, strawberries! ok thanks a lot, everyone, and good hunting. dw

 

I can still see the regular black patterns even when you've turned them inside out.

As much as you want them to be an experimental version of ERDL they are just faded early dated trousers, nothing more I'm afraid.

 

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Here's the progrrssion:

 

- Vietnam era ERDL - white labels and slant pockets on the shirts, zippers on the pants

 

- RDF ERDL - white labels and straight pockets, buttons on the pants

 

- Woodland - green labels

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Early BDU and DBDU uniforms also have white tags.

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Here's the progrrssion:

 

- Vietnam era ERDL - white labels and slant pockets on the shirts, zippers on the pants

 

- RDF ERDL - white labels and straight pockets, buttons on the pants

 

- Woodland - green labels

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Th 1975 stuff is a grey are as theres no defined print until about 1980. The RDF was basically made from anything left over from Vietnam stock piles of cloth inc non ripstop poplin , lime , brown , delta etc it wasnt really standardised till about 1979/80 when the green backed ERDL was produced and more woodland ( as we know today ) colour hues started to become the norm.

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