Original U.S. Vietnam War Soldier Bring-Back Vietcong Bamboo Rice Paddy Hat with Written Provenance - Dated April 1969 British Bayonets The mounts on this scabbard

The mounts on this scabbard are all solid nickel alloy

had been preassigned to the 1st Division on 20 August 1921

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in the battle of Omdurman in 1898

historian Charles Bean described the footwear of the First AIF

Original U.S. Vietnam War Soldier Bring-Back Vietcong Bamboo Rice Paddy Hat with Written Provenance - Dated April 1969 British Bayonets The mounts on this scabbardOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous example of a G. I. bringback Vietcong Rice field hat with written provenance written on the husks underneath. There is a Vietcong emblem attached to the front of the hat, which has lost 95% of its enamel and now appears like brass. The hat is constructed of bamboo leaves covered by a rough cloth and held together underneath by small wooden rods. The hat is in fantastic shape for its age, retaining its