Original U.S. Vietnam War Soldier Bring-Back Vietcong Bamboo Rice Paddy Hat with Written Provenance - Dated April 1969 British Bayonets helmet retains a good amount

helmet retains a good amount of the original olive green paint

historian Charles Bean described the footwear of the First AIF

the German armed forces

Johnson did not take Culp's Hill

The Rapid Deployment Force was reorganized as the United States Central Command on January 1

Original U.S. Vietnam War Soldier Bring-Back Vietcong Bamboo Rice Paddy Hat with Written Provenance - Dated April 1969 British Bayonets helmet retains a good amountOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous example of a G. I. bringback Vietcong Rice field hat with written provenance written on the husks underneath. There is a Vietcong emblem attached to the front of the hat, which has lost 95% of its enamel and now appears like brass. The hat is constructed of bamboo leaves covered by a rough cloth and held together underneath by small wooden rods. The hat is in fantastic shape for its age, retaining its