The unidentified French Indochina period French or Vietnamese Airborne unit badge which formerly belonged to a Nung soldier who fought in both the first and second Indochina Wars. Collection: Julian Tennant
This is an unusual and as yet unidentified early Vietnamese Airborne patch that I have in my collection. It is the actual badge shown on page 81 of Harry Pugh’s book Insignia of the Republic of Vietnam Army Airborne Division, where it is described as an Unknown Airborne Insignia obtained in Saigon in 1967.
When I bought the badge from Harry, he elaborated a little further in an accompanying note regarding its provenance.
“When I was in Vietnam, 67 & 68, the chief of my Nung Security was an older Nung, “Song”. He had served with the French during the French Indochina war but I never asked him which unit. After the war he served with the Nung…
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