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Makes sense in the 80s Vietnam collecting really wasn't a thing as it is today. Now I'm sure there was probably at least a few people collecting Vietnam stuff at that time, but definitely not as big as it is today. I didn't end up buying it, maybe I should have but I decided to pass it up. 

I would buy that for $20 in a heartbeat; however, I think it was used more recently than the Vietnam War.  The name and US Army tape are a type commonly used in the 80s, and the shirt seems to have the ghost of a Special Forces tab, which wasn't authorized until 1983.  Vietnam-era jungle fatigues were authorized for hot weather wear in the 1980s and I saw soldiers wearing second or even first pattern fatigues because they had no real collector value at the time.  A lot of them were organizational property, which meant they often had fade patterns from a variety of patches.

That would be a good secondary option. Thanks Jerry.

Thank you! That was my thought as well, though the online source I found says WWII.

I just took a closer look at this and I was mistaken.   This appears to be an Anniversary Meal for Lafayette College in Easton, PA    

I can vouch for Poppies reproduction packaging, very high quality. She's put out some very nice pieces over the past few years, I use her stuff for living history and a few place holders in my collection until I find a nice original example of something.

I would be put off by it as well.  At the reenactments here, there actually is a clergy member that portrays a chaplain and also says actual mass on Sundays. To me it is also about being younger, as most chaplains were older, dare I say wiser guys, of higher rank -not that some weren't fresh out of seminary school, but that's 22 on the young side. You could certainly a do a "chaplain assistant" (one of the guys I worked with was one with the 9th AAF in WWII) and that way you could still play the organ! You do think out of the box though! 

Well if that’s all I can do while still being respectful that’s what I’ll work towards. Thanks for the comment

Gunny Linz was a bit more direct than i was, but he is quite right. that is the main reason i use a mannequin. i was a convoy escort MP in the nam, and i am a combat vet as a result of that year in gun jeeps and V100s. i am not bothered by anyone pretending to be an MP, or any other field except Chaplain. there is a spiritual context there which cannot be denied. i have seen young men portray a wide variety of fields, but no one has presented themselves, at least where i was, as a Chaplain. every time i hear the word Chaplain, i remember Chaplain Liteky, a Medal of Honor recipient. display the equipment if you have it. display a variety of pictures of Chaplains in the field, those are all over the internet. you will notice in my original post that i made it quite clear i was not ordained. i was born in Montreal, Quebec, and i don't even have a birth certificate. back in those days, we received a baptism certificate from the parish, and that's all we had. i am close to 80 now, so i suspect that may have changed. you can still display the equipment and answer the questions, and no one will object.