Vietnam War Period

ARTIFACT: Early 70's United States Navy Heavy Attack Recon Squadron 1 RVAH-1 jacket patch. Nicknamed the "Smokin' Tigers", the center of the US-made patch features an image of a tiger smoking a cigar and blowing up a large mushroom cloud of smoke and...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1970s Japanese-made jacket patch for the United States Navy Electronic Attack Squadron 134 (VAQ-134). The patch shows a violet-hued eagle above a lightning bolt. VINTAGE: Circa 1970s . SIZE: About 3-3/4 in width by...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful, late 1960's United States Naval carrier airborne Early Warning Squadron 115 (VAW-115), large Japanese-made jacket patch, as worn aboard the USS Ranger. During the Vietnam War, VAW-115 made two combat deployments during the Gulf of...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce circa late 1960s United States Navy/United States Army "Vietnam Hunting Club" novelty jacket patch. The patch is Japanese-made and shows an enemy soldier at the center of a rifle sight. VINTAGE: Circa late 1960s...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce circa mid- to late 1960s United States Navy/United States Army "Vietnam Gun Club" novelty jacket patch. The patch is Japanese-made and shows an armed enemy solider with a n aircraft flying overhead. VINTAGE: Circa mid-late...

ARTIFACT: Late 1960's variant Viet Cong Hunting Club United States Navy/United States Army novelty jacket patch. The patch was made in the Philippines and shows an enemy soldier at the center of a rifle sight and reads: "VIET CONG HUNTING CLUB" around...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa mid-1960s United States Navy "Crotch Cannibals" novelty jacket patch. The patch is Japanese-made. VINTAGE: Circa mid-1960's. SIZE: Approximately 2-5/8" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Fully embroidered in...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa mid-1960s RVN (Republic of Vietnam) Coastal Flotilla 2 United States Navy advisor pocket patch. This patch reads COSFLOT THREE LUC LUONG DUYEN PHONG HAI DOI 3 DUVEN PHONG ADVISOR. The patch was machine-made in-country and...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1960s Japanese-made United States Navy 3rd Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron patch. The patch is round, showing a fire-breathing sea-dragon above a ship and reading RVAH-THREE. VINTAGE: Circa early 1960s. SIZE: 5-1/8"...

ARTIFACT: Minty late 1950's - early 1960's United States Navy Task Force 77 U.S.S. Hancock CVA-19 Japanese-made jacket patch. The final CVA-19/TF-77 patch is probably one of the standard WestPac carrier variation patches made during 1961-6Other carriers...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970 United States Navy ship lighter for the USS Coral Sea CVA-43, an aircraft carrier launched on April 2, 194Adopted by the Golden Gate City in 1967, the carrier was known as "San Francisco's Own". The lighter was presented by...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1965 United States Navy ship lighter for the USS Hooper DE-102A destroyer escort, the Hooper was launched August 1 , 195The lighter was made in Japan by Konwal. It has an applied enameled insignia on the front that reads Sans...