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49 Results
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AK 47 assault rifle ammunition chest rig: Viet cong
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown canvas ammunition pouches for an AK-47. Three large central pouches are flanked by a smaller pair on each side, all sewn to a canvas backing panel. Each pouch is fastened with a heavy cotton tap...RELAWM40117
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Black scarf with Taipan badge : Naval Air Mechanic (Weapons) A J R Curran, Royal Australian Helicopter Flight Vietnam
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black triangular nylon scarf, featuring an embroidered 135th Assault Helicopter Company Taipan patch.REL/00269
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Blue cotton trousers : Main Force Viet Cong
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Long blue cotton trousers top-stitched with green thread. Six green buttons form a concealed button fly closure. The trousers have front pleats, side pockets and a waistband with six belt loops. There...RELAWM41012.002
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Blue cotton trousers : National Liberation Front
Heraldry
Maker: Local Village/jungle camp production
Faded navy blue trousers with a green nylon patch sewn into the crotch. The trousers have slash style side pockets and rear pockets and a concealed buttoned fly closure. The hems are frayed, there is ...RELAWM40149.004
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Blue cotton trousers : Viet Cong Main Force units
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Long blue cotton trousers as worn by Viet Cong Main Force units. The trousers are top-stitched with green thread with six green buttons forming a concealed button fly closure. They have front pleats, ...RELAWM41042.002
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Dark grey cotton trousers : National Liberation Front
Heraldry
Maker: Local Village/jungle camp production
Dark grey cotton trousers of the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong). The trousers have slash style hip pockets and side pockets, a concealed buttoned fly and six belt loops. The bottom of each leg ...RELAWM41007.002
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Embroidered cloth badge : Bushman Scout, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Green cotton shield-shaped badge hand embroidered in satin and stem stiches. The badge is edged in black and bears a diagonal yellow band running from top right to bottom left, superimposed with a red...RELAWM40877.001
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Faded grey cotton trousers : Main Force Units, Viet Cong
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Viet Cong faded grey cotton trousers with rear and side pockets. The trousers have a concealed fly button closure and a waistband with five belt loops. The outside seam of each trouser leg has a black...RELAWM41040.002
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Fawn cotton trousers : Main Force Units, Viet Cong
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Viet Cong Main Force fawn cotton full length trousers with front pleats and two side pockets. The trousers have six green plastic buttons forming a concealed button fly closure. The waistband has six ...RELAWM41037.002
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Fawn cotton trousers : National Liberation Front
Heraldry
Maker: Local Village/jungle camp production
Fawm cotton trousers of the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong). The trousers have slash style side pockets, a concealed button fly closure and five belt loops.RELAWM40149.001
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Green and white rice bowl : Long Tan battlefield
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Blue rimmed green and white enamel rice bowl. The enamel on the inside of the bowl is scratched and crazed and the exposed metal is rusty.RELAWM40167.002
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Green and white rice bowl : Long Tan battlefield
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Blue rimmed green and white enamel rice bowl. The enamel on the inside of the bowl is scratched and crazed and the exposed metal is rusty.RELAWM40167.001
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Grey cotton long sleeved shirt : Main Force Units, Viet Cong
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Viet Cong long sleeved grey cotton shirt as worn by Local Force units. The shirt has green topstitching and green buttons down the front and at the cuffs. The shirt also has pleated breast pockets wit...RELAWM41040.001
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Grey cotton shirt : Viet Cong Main Force Guerilla
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Viet Cong grey cotton long sleeved shirt with grey plastic buttons marked 'TV.8'. Seams top stitched in white cotton with two button flap pleated breast pockets, the left hand side flap having a stitc...RELAWM40299.001
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'Ho Chi Minh' truck tyre sandals : 247 Viet Cong Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of rubber sandals hand-made from car or truck tyres. The sole of each sandal is cut from an oval-shaped section of tyre, with the tread side downwards. Almost none of the original tread remains. ...RELAWM40105
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Ho Chi Min Sandal : Battle of Long Tan
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rubber sandal hand-made from car or truck tyres. The sole of the sandal has been cut from an oval-shaped section of tyre, with the tread side downwards. There are four straps on the sandal with space ...REL/02086
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Improvised Viet Cong glass lamp : 2 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Operation Coburg
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small clear glass bottle with black plastic screw lid. A short length of shoelace is tied around the neck of the bottle and a longer length of nylon cording is tied to this. Contained within the neck ...REL/01565.005
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Improvised Viet Cong snorkel, USS Meeker County: Clearance Diving Team 3, Royal Australian Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised snorkel with plastic tube connected to a rubber mouthpiece, made from a tyre. Tied around the tube is a piece of khaki green lanyard, to be worn around the neck. A piece of roughly woven st...RELAWM40821
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Long sleeved black shirt : National Liberation Front
Heraldry
Maker: Local Village/jungle camp production
Long sleeved collarless black shirt of the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong). The shirt has white buttons, side splits and patch pockets with diagonal pleats sewn below waist.RELAWM41007.001
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Long sleeved black shirt : Viet Cong
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Viet Cong long sleeved black cotton shirt with black plastic buttons marked 'TV.7'REL/00183
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Long sleeved grey cotton shirt : Main Force Units, Viet Cong
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Viet Cong long sleeved mauve-grey shirt with back yoke, fold down collar, green topstitching and green buttons down front and at cuffs. The shirt also has pleated breast pockets with buttoned down fla...RELAWM41041.001
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Long sleeved grey cotton shirt : Main Force Viet Cong
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Main Force Viet Cong long sleeved grey cotton shirt with green topstitching, green buttons down front and at cuffs. The shirt also has pleated breast pockets with buttoned down flaps. The shirt shows ...RELAWM41012.001
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Long sleeved grey cotton shirt : Viet Cong Main Force units
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Long sleeved grey cotton shirt as worn by Viet Cong Main Force units. The shirt is fastened with green plastic buttons and the seams are top-stitched in green. The front of the shirt has two pleated p...RELAWM41042.001
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Metal fragments from Viet Cong anti personnel mine : Captain R G Althaus, 1 Field Regiment , Royal Australian Artillery
Heraldry
Maker: Viet Cong
Eighteen metal fragments from a Viet Cong anti personnel mine. Thirteen of the metal fragments are cylindrical in shape and two of them have concretions, possibly clay. The five other pieces formed th...REL35556
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60mm mortar tail fin : Lieutenant A H Jensen, 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Remains of a Viet Cong 60mm mortar tail fin unit. The eight stabilising fins are twisted and broken in places.REL35082
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National Liberation Front Medal : Viet Cong
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
National Liberation Front pentagonal medal painted silver. The medal is overlaid with a gold disc showing cogged wheel below the flag of North Vietnam in red and blue enamel. This is surrounded by two...REL/05842
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Pale blue cotton trousers : Main Force Units, Viet Cong
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Long blue trousers as worn by Viet Cong Main Force units. The trousers are top stitched with white thread with six blue plastic buttons forming a concealed button fly closure. They have front pleats, ...RELAWM41041.002
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Pale grey cotton long sleeved shirt : Main Force units, Viet Cong
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Viet Cong Main Force pale grey cotton long sleeved shirt with brown plastic buttons. Seams top stitched in white cotton with two button flap pleated breast pockets. Remnants of small white fabric labe...RELAWM41037.001
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Rice bowl from the Battle of Long Tan battlefield : 6 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Glazed ceramic round bottomed bowl. There is no glazing on most of the lower half of the outside of the bowl exposing clay and markings of manufacture. Several large cracks and chips are visible on bo...REL/02083
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Viet Cong ammunition pouch : 2 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Operation Coburg
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Unknown merchant seaman
Post Second World War Mosin Nagant ammunition pouch. Pouch would have originally consisted of two compartments on a single backing, this example has been cut in half and crudely repaired with cotton ...REL/01565.002
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Viet Cong badge : Captain A G Hutchinson, 105 Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Viet Cong badge. The badge consists of a white enamel oval shape with 'MAI DAN TOC GIAI PHONG' written in raised brass lettering. In the top right of the badge is the Viet Cong flag, red over blue wit...REL38058
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Viet Cong black medical pouch : 2 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Operation Coburg, Empty.
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black rectangular pouch made from waterproof synthetic with provision for a drawstring (missing).REL/01565.004
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Viet Cong flag captured by the Black Panther Company of Hue
Heraldry
VIETCONG FLAG CAPTURED BY THE BLACK PANTHER COMPANY OF HUE, IN WHICH THE DONOR WAS AN AUSTRALIAN ADVISER.RELAWM40759
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Viet Cong gas mask : C Company, 2 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Locally made gas mask. A plastic bag fitted with clear plastic panel handstitched in place for vision, with a section of cotton wadding handstitched over the area of the mouth and nose. The bag is fit...RELAWM40107
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Viet Cong hammock : Major C J Adamson, 1 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Blue nylon home-made hammock. The pockets at the ends of the hammock originally held parachute cord suspension ropes, but these have been removed.REL31638
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Viet Cong hammock : Sapper P M Cachia, 3 Field Troop, Royal Australian Engineers
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hammock made from US cargo parachute fabric. A panel consisting of a double layer of green nylon has been cut from the original parachute, and the fabric has been hemmed at each end. Lengths of paraco...REL43477
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Viet Cong haversack : Sapper P M Cachia, 3 Field Troop, Royal Australian Engineers
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Locally made canvas haversack. It consists of a central compartment made from light brown canvas with fold-in weather flaps. This compartment is closed by a large external flap secured by tying togeth...REL43475
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Viet Cong knife scabbard : 2 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Operation Coburg
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather scabbard to hold a knife approximately 160mm long and 35mm wide. Stitched to the scabbard is a split leather loop to allow it to be carried on a belt. A plain leather band stitched to th...REL/01565.003
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Viet Cong lighter : Sapper P M Cachia, 3 Field Troop, Royal Australian Engineers
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Aluminium lighter. The removable inner case holds the wheel for ignition and contains cotton wadding. The outer case is in an upper half and a lower half. The lower half has '555' within a rectangle s...REL43476
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Viet Cong Most Excellent Soldier Medal : Lieutenant F D L Greenway, 1 Division Intelligence Unit
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Viet Cong Most Excellent Soldier Medal. The medal is a rectangle of black cloth overlaid with a piece of squared paper and encased in clear plastic secured with machine sewing. Two long strips of red ...REL/15325.001
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Viet Cong silk blanket : Major C J Adamson, 1 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White blanket made from parachute silk. The edges of the blanket have been hand hemmed with black cotton.REL31639
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Viet Cong silk blanket: Major C J Adamson, 1 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Orange and khaki blanket made from United States of America supply parachute silk. Parts of the blanket have been hand hemmed with green cotton.REL31641
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Viet Cong silk blanket : Major C J Adamson, 1 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Green camouflaged blanket made from parachute silk. Parts of the blanket have been hand hemmed with cream cotton.REL31640
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Viet Cong water bottle : 2 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Operation Coburg
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Olive green painted aluminium water bottle with a screw cap and separate band around the neck of the bottle with a ring for suspension. The bottle is contained in fabric cover composed of a double lay...REL/01565.006
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Viet Cong water bottle : C Company, 2 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Mirro Corp. Unknown
Locally modified water bottle with carrier of American manufacture. The steel bottle is impressed 'US MIRRO 1956'. The black plastic lid is missing the cork gasket, which is presumably why the neck of...RELAWM40106.002
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Viet Cong webbing belt with attached dressing : 2 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Operation Coburg
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown alpha lithograph
Khaki cotton webbing belt with nine rows of lengthwise reinforcing stitching overlaid with a diamond pattern. Supplied with brass tongue and loop clip buckles. The adjustable belt sliders have been im...REL/01565.001
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Viet Cong webbing set : C Company, 2 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Locally made Viet Cong webbing set. The belt consists of two lengths of cotton webbing belt fastened together by means of cotton cord woven through sets of eyelets. The belt carries two nylon pouches ...RELAWM40106.001
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Vietnamese embroidered handkerchief : Private L J Downes, 3 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White cotton embroidered handkerchief with fringed edges. The handkerchief has been divided into four equal sections by a horizontal and a vertical row of green and red thread which intersect in the c...REL36145
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Webbing equipment and water bottle : Viet Cong
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Green cotton webbing belt with two-piece steel buckle and two steel slides. The buckle has a five pointed star engraved in its face. To the right of the belt is attached a small green canvas pouch wit...RELAWM40154