There is an article in the 1988 April-June ASMIC Trading Post titled U.S. Navy Seal and UDT Insignia starting on page 63.  On the upper left of page 66 is a drawing of this patch with the added numeral 3 just below the tail with a tentative identification of UDT-3.  I can't post the image due to copyright issues.  The author of this article wasn't sure of this identification and felt that more than likely former members of UDT-3 might have adopted this patch as their insignia after the war by having the numeral 3 embroidered below the tail of the sea horse.  So I have been looking for one ever since and have not been able to find one.  I have come across three variants of this patch.  The first is the edge cut patch made by Gemsco (Photo 1 & 2).  The second (Photo 3 & 4) is also edge cut but the green sea horse lacks the yellow eye and black detail.  The third one (Photo 5 & 6) is an early flattened merrowed edged variant produced or distributed out of Florida.  

Thank you for the info….as stated…these were found at a German flohmarkt in container..and since these aren’t my specialty…I’ll be selling these as a group (keeping them together) based upon the above info history.  Not sure of interest but…   Thank you for your help…in ID’ing these …this forum is a wealth of knowledge shared by SMEa

Some form of corrosion?

Hi Guys. Haven't posted on here for a while, I've moved house and my collection has been in storage. Picked this up the other day. what do you guys think? Is it a Genuine ARVN helmet band or a fake. It was £21, so if it's real it's quite a find. So rare to find a nice one in the U.k. Thank you in advance.

Thanks, Patches. Great to know.

I had to purchase this small book when I saw it on eBay as First Arizona Infantry items do not come up very often.  Upon further research I found some familiar names and places that I recognized as Sgt Yost was born in Flagstaff, AZ where I grew up.  So here is the book and the story of Sgt Yost.                                       NOTE:  Observatory Hill is now called Mars Hill and Lowell Observatory is located at the top of the hill.  Our family lived very close to the foot of Mars Hill.  Lowell Observatory is globally recognized as the site where Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. Beyond Pluto, it is famous for providing the first evidence of the expanding universe and for mapping the Moon for the Apollo 11 mission.               NOTE:  Williams, AZ is about 32 miles west of Flagstaff, AZ.               NOTE:  Notice now the First Arizona Regiment is called the 158th Infantry.       NOTE:  The First Arizona Infantry was stationed in and around the border of Mexico in response to the raid on Columbus, NM by Pancho Villa.  Later the 158th Infantry under the 40th Division would train at Camp Kearny.  Camp Kearny was a major military base located in San Diego County, approximately 10 miles north of downtown San Diego. The former campsite is now the current location of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.                     NOTE:  The W H Switzer name below in this article refers to one of the early pioneers of Flagstaff.  He owned and operated the Switzer Hardware Store for many years.  When we moved to Flagstaff in 1966 my father and mother leased the old two-story Switzer home located at 303 East Birch St and we lived in that house for many years.  We eventually had to move when Mr. Switzer wanted to sell the house and property.  We moved to the opposite side of Birch Street at 611 West Birch St.  I really loved that old two-story house and have many memories growing up in it.  The two-story house was torn completely down and a lawyers office moved in along with a parking lot for customers.   Here's a water color painting done by a friend of my mother of the Switzer house.                                                         NOTE:  According to one of the news articles Company B, 28th Machine Gun Battalion was Sgt Yost's outfit at the time of his death at Camp Funston.             Ancestry - John Yost.pdf Birth Certificate - John Yost Jr.pdf Birth Log - John Yost Jr.pdf Petition for Citizenship - John Yost Sr.pdf School Attendance - John Yost Jr.pdf

I don't think that is BB damage, there is no denting around the hole, a projectile would press the metal inward

It was pointed out to me that the pistol is actually a Model 2.

Im wondering what caused the damage. The hole is clean with significant blackface deformation and wht looks like multiple points of impact on the back side of the canteen. So would someone shooting it with a bb gun cause this damage or something else i really want to know if I should try and repair it or leave it like it is.

Looks like he was flying very late in the war.