The Patpong Museum – Bangkok – Thailand
The Patpong Museum is not strictly a military museum per se, but the history of Bangkok’s Patpong Road is closely...
The 6th (Franco) Laotian Commando Badge 1946 – 50
The 6th Laotian Commando (6ème Commando Laotien) was created on 16 August 1946 to relieve the Bataillon de Marche du...
The 1st Laotian Parachute Battalion badge 1952 – 1954
The first Lao parachute unit, 1ere Compagnie de Commandos Parachutistes Laotiens (1ere CCPL) was raised by the French in July...
A Vietnam War MIKE FORCE Zippo to an Australian Advisor
This is a 1968 dated Zippo lighter that was presented to Australian Warrant Officer Class-2 John Roderick Vincent who served...
The funeral of General Trình Minh Thế and the Cao Đài badge debate
On 3 May 1955, while standing near his military jeep, Vietnamese army Brigadier-General Trình Minh Thế was killed by a...
The Cao Đài and its Militia 1926 – 1956
One of my main areas of collecting interest focuses on the airborne, commando and unconventional auxiliary units relating to French...
Dropping into the Cu Chi Tunnels
In January 1966, the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), which had been attached to the US 173rd Airborne Brigade...
An unidentified French Indochina or 1950’s period Airborne unit badge.
This is an unusual and as yet unidentified early Vietnamese Airborne patch that I have in my collection. It is...
An Australian souvenir from Operation CRIMP, South Vietnam, January 1966.
One of my collecting interests is Australian cigarette lighters from the Vietnam War. In recent years I have tended to...
The Mysterious Vietnam War Mary Poppins Platoon HAHO Parachutist Badge
Mary Poppins Platoon Combat Qualification Gold Wing with the ARVN Jump Status Indicator for comparison. Collection: Julian Tennant This “Mary...
