Whats the best site for South Vietnamese and Cambodian army stuff

[Jeff Ashenfelter]

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[Jeff Ashenfelter]

Here is one of my favorite berets. Can anyone identifty it?

[Jeff Ashenfelter]

beret

[Jeff Ashenfelter]

closeup of flash

[nguoi tien su]

GREAT !!! Thanks Jeff for sharing that !!!

I will had a comment about the cap badges shown by Patrick. There are differents "models', maybe I should say makers. One of them is Drago itself (the french army enameled badge maker) but there is also one VNese maker. Those two are solid brass. But some other models are stamped.

To push further the great gathering made by Jeff, I will add this one, which is more blueish.



Unfortunately, I have no knowledge about the beret shown above. But it is really nice !

NTS

[nguoi tien su]

And this one to show the difference with Jeff's CSDC's beret.



I have another one for sale on http://grunts.free.fr

NTS

[hochiminhtrail]

Jeff

the last beret you are showing is absolutly great, my guess is that it s sort of Rural hamlet devlopment programm maybe a civic programm supervised by the armed forces, but here again it s only my guess.

The known military hat insignias are more warlike in their design, para, ranger, police, infantry, this one has more of a civilian touch.

Cheers

Alex

[Jeff Ashenfelter]

Alex, you win a cupie doll! Officially known as the Rural Development Program Cadre. They were in charge of repairing and developing rural hamlets and villages to lure the populace away from the VC! I don't know which is more rare, the beret or the photo. Jeff

[Jeff Ashenfelter]

Here is another 4th mod army officers beret with a bullion flash that I misplaced. Jeff

[Jeff Ashenfelter]

better shot of flash

[Jeff Ashenfelter]

closeup of rare 4th mod enlisted army flash in hand sewn cotton!

[zvezdah1]

Wow guys!
This thread gets better and better, nearly 400 posts and counting!
Chris

[hochiminhtrail]

Hy Jeff,


i m sure you know the US acronym for civil operations and revolutionary development programm was CORDS, are we talking about the same program ? i wonder what was the Vietnamses unit name???

Love that beret it s just great.

is the picture in your hands or is it from a book??

Cheers

Alex

[Jeff Ashenfelter]

Hi Alex, I don't know if the two programs are related, but I doubt it! Thanks for the comments, most folks are only interested in the military berets and insignia. The photograph is part of my collection, I am always looking for good quality pics, I think they are much harder to find than the berets. Just try and find a good closeup of ARVN marine corp berets being used in country for example! Jeff

[hochiminhtrail]

Hi jeff

regarding the Marines picture maybe somebody can help here

how long have you been collecting berets???

cheers

Alex