GENUINE Vietnam War U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division Cloth Patch & Death Card.

This is the patch COMPLETE WITH AIRBORNE TAB.

Also supplied with a replica Death Card.

This insignia consists of the eagle head patch complete with the airborne tab, both fully embroidered in colour and finished with the correct merrowed edge. In perfect un-issued condition and complete with the correct tape on the reverse, to secure the loose merrowed thread.  Please also note the tiny and distinctive loose thread of red cotton at the base of the beak - this curious anomaly is often found generally on 101st Airborne patches of this period.

THE 101ST AIRBORNE CONTINUED TO WEAR THEIR COLOUR PATCHES WHILST IN VIETNAM DESPITE LOW VIS SUBDUED VERSIONS BEING AVAILABLE. THE VIET MINH AND VIET CONG CALLED THE 101ST 'THE CHICKEN MEN' AS THEY WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH EAGLES. THE 10ST HAD A FEARSOME REPUTATION AND THE VC WERE INSTRUCTED TO AVOID ENGAGING SOLDIERS WEARING THIS INSIGNIA.


This is a genuine new 'old stock issue' U.S. Army patch and came from a storage box dated 1967. Correct Schiffli period embroidery. In mint unissued condition.

The Death Card is a copy of one of the cards that were left by the Americans intimidate and demoralise the Vietcong.


Important note! 

In times past the U.S. Military specified that all sleeve patches should be made on ‘Schiffli’ machines. In more recent years the production of these insignias has moved to modern multi head machines. 

This patch is an OLD VINTAGE PATCH made some years ago on a ‘Schiffli’ machine. It’s a genuine item - NOT a modern issue patch and NOT an Asian reproduction. Note that it is  fully embroidered and has the distinctive tell tale piece of tape on the reverse, typical of these older patches. It is also the exact pattern of patch worn during the Vietnam conflict 50 years ago. 


Offered in perfect unissued condition.



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