Khaki cloth rank brassard : Warrant Officer Class II R Simpson, AATTV

Australian Army Training Team Vietnam khaki cloth rank brassard. The brassard is made from a double thickness of jungle green cotton material, with a slit at the top for a shirt epaulette to pass through. An integral band of the same material is sewn to the reverse to act as a loop for securing it around the wearer's upper arm. The brassard features a Warrant Officer Class II embroidered rank crown, above which is the walking-out service dress version of the parachute qualification worn by members of the Special Air Service Regiment. Above this is a Japanese manufactured formation patch of the AATTV, which features a Boomerang embroidered with the unit designation, a Montagnard cross-bow, and a scroll emblazoned with the unit motto 'Perservere'. On the back of the brassard Simpson has printed and written his name in blue ink.

Rank brassard worn by Warrant Officer Class II Rayene (Ray) Stewart Simpson VC, during his third period of service with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) 1968-1969. On 6 May 1969 Simpson was then serving in Kontum Province on the Laos/Cambodian border as commander of the 232nd Company of the Mobile Strike Force of the 5th Special Forces Group in a search and clear operation when the enemy was encountered in a series of action over six days. Simpson's leadership and bravery during these encounters earned him the Victoria Cross.