US Army

ARTIFACT: Early 1970's Army Security Agency (ASA) Radio Research Detachment pocket patch. This unusual variant was made in Saigon and shows an embroidered white bolt in the center with the letters "RR" on each side with white star embellishments. Along...

ARTIFACT: Early 1970's Army Security Agency (ASA) 330th Radio Research Field Station Detachment 8 pocket patch. This example was made in Saigon and shows a white circle with a black number "8" in the center and four frequency waves and reads: "DET" in...

ARTIFACT: Early 1970's ASA (Army Security Agency) 8th Radio Research Field Station Mortar Platoon pocket patch. This Saigon-made example shows a mortar in the center with the word: "HELL" embroidered in red detail. The olive drab patch reads: "8TH RRFS...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1972 United States army 3rd Armored Division "Red Eye" qualification pocket patch given for aircraft proficiency. The "Red Eye" was the nickname given to the Air Defense platoon. The patch is in olive green drab cotton showing a...

ARTIFACT: This is a late Vietnam War (circa 1973) United States Army Special Forces Task Force 1 Medical Section pocket patch. The patch was hand-made in Vietnam. It shows a skull wearing a beret gracing the center of a caduceus. Behind the caduceus are...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1972 Southeast Asia War Games novelty pocket patch. The patch shows Vietnam encircled by the Olympic rings against a field of green. VINTAGE: Circa 1972. SIZE: Approximately 4-3/16" in height and 3-15/16" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1972 United States Army anti-tank pocket patch. It is in army green twill and shows a giant hand crushing a tank at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1972. SIZE: Approximately 3-1/2" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s pocket patch for the United States Army 223rd Combat Aviation Battalion. The 223rd was activated in May of 1966 at Nha Trang and moved to Qui Nhon the following year. This patch was machine-made in Vietnam. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s...

ARTIFACT: This is a Vietnam War era United States Army 195th Attack Helicopter Company (AHC) pocket patch. The red triangular patch was made in-country, and reads NIGHT CREW HOWELL'S OWLS. VINTAGE: Circa Vietnam War. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/4" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s United States Army 116th Air Cavalry patch. The patch is a bright yellow crest bearing a winged tank with two crossed swords behind it. A snake slithers across the bottom of the patch. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a 39th Medical Dental Team Republic of Vietnam (RVN) pocket patch. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: About 3-1/4" in width by 3-5/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton/poly/silk embroidery thread on twill. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn...

ARTIFACT: This is an in-Vietnam hand-made on machine pocket patch for the 257 Medical-Dental Detachment. VINTAGE: Circa 1968. SIZE: About 3-1/4" in width by 3-3/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton/poly/silk embroidery thread on twill...