Vietnamese-Made Green Beret w/ Hand Embroidered 5th GP Flash

In this article, I will exhibit three more Vietnam era Special Forces berets from my collection.  The first one is a Vietnamese made beret with a Vietnamese made, hand embroidered 5th Group flash.  The beret has a stiff vinyl sweatband, no vent grommets, silk lining, a plastic diamond with foil maker and size (58) tags, and a thin rayon drawstring.  The wool is a bit thicker than some theater-made berets and is constructed from pieces of material sewn together, creating a seam around the circumference of the beret.  The flash is wonderfully embroidered on wool and machine sewn to the beret.

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Fleur Di Lis Green Beret w/ Okinawa-Made 1st GP Flash

This beret is a scarce 1961 dated Fleur Di Lis Canadian beret with a wonderful 1st variation Okinawa-made flash.  The flash is fully machine embroidered with LTC Colonel rank direct embroidered into the gold flash.  The shape is slightly smaller than typical flash size and machine sewn to the beret.  This beret is part of a White Star uniform group belonging to LTC Edgar J. Albrick featured here.

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1968 Dated Goverment 1st Group Green Beret

This is a government contract (Dorothy Mills), 1968 dated EM/NCO Green Beret with a 3rd variation 1st group flash.

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Read Vietnam Special Forces Green Berets: Part I

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