The Warwick G. Cary Collection of Badges

Lot 2618    SESSION 13 (2.30PM THURSDAY 31ST MARCH)    The Warwick G. Cary Collection of Badges

Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,700

AUSTRALIA, display board of Vietnam War related items, includes Tiger Men beret badge in white metal (see note); AATTV hat/beret badge in brass; AATTV shoulder patch; AMF (Rising Sun) cloth shoulder title; Bushman Scouts shoulder badge (worn by Vietnamese defectors trained by 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit for scouting service in Vietnam); USA Meritorious Unit Commendation; Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm unit citation, all mounted on a display board. Uncirculated, probably includes some modern issues. (7)

Note: In 1963 a member of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, Captain Barry Petersen, who was a guerrilla warfare expert was sent to Vietnam and under the command of the CIA trained and led in combat guerrilla squads of Montagnard tribesman against the Viet Cong in the central highlands. These fierce fighting men became known as the Tiger Men and Petersen had a Tiger badge made in Saigon which his Tiger Men wore on a green beret.