Absolutely! It's sort of a "meat and potatoes" thing in Militaria Collecting.  

I have the following ammunition:   56    .30/06?  WCC 45 headstamp, 142 .45 auto, 50   .30?  LC 4 headstamp, 50   .30 tracers, 8     M1?  Clips.   Does any of it have collectable value beyond its value as shooting ammo? I know it's at least 20 years old, but could be over 80. It was stored in an ammo box, but it looks like humidity or worse may have gotten inside. I don't know where it came from.  

I saw this and was interested in it because I would like a original CCT beret so thanks for the feedback.

Sad…. Had fun in dumps as a kid but not just Militaria!!     Kurt

I have a feeling the officer who wore the CIB purchased it used. A LTC in 1940 to receive a CIB, not saying it is impossible but unlikely. Twelve ribbons on the uniform. Let's say he received the typical staff officer ribbons, WW2 Victory, American Campaign, EAME or Pacific Campaign, American Defense and a Bronze Star. That's only five ribbons this guy has twelve even if he served pre-war he would've only received if he were a WW1 veteran a WW1 Victory Medal maybe a Pancho-Villa Expedition Medal that’s still only seven. My best guess the uniform was bought used and the veteran never bothered to remove the original owners name.

It could be as the contact number of DSA 100 without a year date indicates a manufacture date of 1966.  CCT wore a dark blue beret and sometimes a medium blue beret depending on wear the specific team was stationed between about 1964 until some say 1976 and some say 1978 when they changed to their scarlet berets.  They wore paratrooper wings as a beret badge and sometime rank insignia from about 1964 until early 1970s when they started wearing their own beret badge.  There was an earlier short lived beret badge worn between 1968 through 1970 by those in South Vietnam while those outside Vietnam still wore their paratrooper wings as their beret badge.  So everything fits but the beret is kind of mint and why would you bend over one side of the clutch back pin and leave the other side affixed with a clutch.  

Thank you very much for the information, this has been very helpful. Cleaning the backside of the button has taken longer than expected but I believe your initial assessment on the markings was correct.        After further cleaning, more of the backmark was exposed and appears to read "SCOVILLS & Co / EXTR?" Images of the backmark after further cleaning are below.  

Perhaps it is not “CRAVEN’, but “CIAVEN” or something else.

I am a little late to the party, but according to SECNAV 15, 790, Decorations, Medals and Ribbons of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard, 1953, Bayfield was awarded the China Service Medal specifically for service during two periods:    Jul. 27, 1947–Mar. 2, 1948   Nov. 29, 1948–Mar. 30, 1949   SECNAV 15, 790 is difficult to decipher because, as you noted, the rolls for each ship contain reference to both the Occupation Service Medal and the China Service Medal with time periods often overlapping.

For posterities sake,   This patch has gone missing during shipment so I'm posting the sellers photo here for the list.   Acey Deucy Club Naval Air Station Oceana