THE Original PERSONAL 1971 RT Hot Cake Pocket Patch of NCOIC Malen King Ex Walter Vedoc Collection

This is THE Original PERSONAL 1971 Recon Team Hot Cake Pocket Patch of Malen King. In the x000D Summer of 1971, Malen King, the US Mess Hall Non Commissioned Officer In x000D Charge (NCOIC) became envious of all the Recon Team's sporting their x000D personalized insignia and decided he and his staff needed a team name with a patch x000D of their own. With some thought on an R&R (Rest and Recuperation) trip to x000D Taiwan he created Recon Team Hotcake, penciled a designed and had team patches x000D made. King proudly wore the insignia on his uniform while his staff applied x000D them to their dish aprons. It should be noted this was just Kings way of x000D joking with the recon personnel they fed and that RT Hotcake was never a real Recon Team. The machine embroidered insignia had a bomb burst shape with a red x000D and yellow border. In the center of the patch is a white skull wearing a x000D chief's hat with crossed ladles and a pancake under the jaw.

Circa 1971.

Approximately 5" in height x 3-3/4" in width.

Cotton embroidered in silk/cotton/polyester threads.

To be sewn onto uniform.

This is from a United States Army Vietnam War Period collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VEJJX17 LBGIEX04/19 STRVBGIEX02/22

8 (Excellent-): The patch has light wear only.

As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.