Original Vietnam War Era South Vietnamese Navy Blue Beret with Saigon Maker Tag & Period Applied US Navy Rating - Size 58 British Military Maps The rest is an oxidized

The rest is an oxidized gray zinc color

Both Books very valuable resources and highly recommended

The M1952 weighed 8½ pounds

Only the suspension tabs are still present for the liner

The shell itself appears to be an original M1 shell

Original Vietnam War Era South Vietnamese Navy Blue Beret with Saigon Maker Tag & Period Applied US Navy Rating - Size 58 British Military Maps The rest is an oxidizedOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) employed an array of variations in clothing issued to the men and women in its armed forces. At the birth of the republic, military clothing was nearly identical to that of the former State of Vietnam or "Bao Dai Republic", consisting largely of French manufactured inspired pieces with a percentage of WW2 surplus uniforms from the United States and to a lesser extent Great