July Military Auction
Lot 25150:
Description
This collection consists of an assortment of US military insignia and related ephemera, primarily representing Army Special Operations and Navy SEAL units from the Vietnam War through the late 20th-century Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) era. The grouping includes embroidered cloth shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI), qualification patches, unit tabs, felt beret flashes, and one printed paper decal.
Army Special Forces items include arrowhead SSI in both full-color (yellow and blue) and subdued (black and olive drab) variants. The 1st Special Forces Command is represented by a subdued shield-shaped SSI featuring a horse head and lightning bolt. A 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) beret flash is included, constructed of red, yellow, and black felt with a metal Distinctive Unit Insignia pinned to the center bearing the motto DE OPPRESSO LIBER. A subdued shield-shaped patch featuring a winged dagger is also present.
The collection features a printed paper decal for the Mobile Strike Force (MIKE Force), an unconventional warfare unit from the Vietnam War. The decal depicts a skull and crossbones over the letters M.F. within a shield. It bears the Vietnamese text DOI BIET KICH LOI CONG and is marked MIMURA YOKO and MF-1 at the bottom.
Other specialized insignia include a large rectangular subdued US Navy SEAL Trident (Special Warfare) patch, a circular subdued Jungle Expert patch featuring a panther head, and a rectangular subdued Master Army Aviator badge with pilot wings, star, and wreath. The lot is completed by various full-color and subdued tabs for SPECIAL FORCES and AIRBORNE, a standard olive drab U.S. ARMY name tape with black embroidered text, and two small green felt rectangular flash backings.
MIKE Force decal: 3.5 inches x 4.5 inches
Special Forces arrowhead SSI: 2.25 inches wide
U.S. ARMY tape: 5 inches long
Standard tabs: 2.5 inches to 3 inches wide. We do our best to describe all items in the sale, and we definitely take a ton of photos. But, we are not able to guarantee authenticity or era of items in the sale. Please carefully look at all photos (up to 100 in some cases on our in-house platform) to judge for yourself what you are buying. All sales are final. Our in-house shipping is available. Pickup is Wednesday, July 15, from Noon to 5 pm at our facility in Lancaster, OH. Alternate pickup day is available by appointment for a $5 fee per lot or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. If shipping – once packed up we will send you a separate invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: [email protected]. Sales tax collected on this auction. Our warehouse is in Lancaster, OH. If not shipping – pickup in 10 days or we will dispose and you will not receive a refund. AB346
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