CAP / HAT BADGE - VIET CONG - CONG AN - VC - POW GUARDS - VIETNAM WAR - Q.94 For Sale

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CAP / HAT BADGE - VIET CONG - CONG AN - VC - POW GUARDS - VIETNAM WAR - Q.94:
$110.00

Rare - North Vietnam Army - Cap / Helmet Helmet Badge.

NVA - Communist Army of North Vietnam - Cong An Security Force

People\'s Army of Vietnam - PAVN - Democratic Republic of North Vietnam

Political Protectorate - Prisoner of War Guards.

Cap / Hat Badge - Rare Piece - Measures - 1 inches in diameter (2.5 cms)

CONG AN – Security Force

Vietnam’sFirst Security Force, the People’s Armed Public Security Force - Công An Nhân dân Vũ Trang – was formed in 1950.

In1959 this unit was dissolved and replaced by the ‘Cong An’ and was controlledby the Political Directorate growing to approximately 25,000 operatives by1964.

Ithad a dual role, Border Protection and the running of the POW Camps in theAmerican Vietnam War.

Itwas renamed the Border Defense Force (Lực lượng Phòng vệ Biên giới) in 1979.

The‘Cong An’ was modeled after the PAVN badge but has a deep green surround andthe legend CA superimposed on the gear wheel at the bottom.

Originallyworn by all operatives that badge has now passed to the Ministry of InteriorPolice. Since 1979, Border Defense Force members wear a green badge.

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