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MY ORIGINAL CAPTURED VC/NVA KNIFE COLLECTION

2. Original captured vc/nva machete made by the Chinese and Vietnamese for use as machete and weapon, This one captured and used as a presentation piece

3. Two original late war north Vietnamese made issue knives, the ones with two brass rivets are earlier then these and there is a issue one with one rivet but I have not ever located one, Note! the ones for sale now are knives that are remanded by yards and being sold as original . as I was told by an expert

1. My first captured knife . Came from john oconner, wood sheath, hand made with buffalo horn slabs, red star, don-vi and than -sat
2. Two original original captured knives. The bottom one has a sheath that is skin covered , no sheath with the top one

3. Tcaptured knife has a acid etch, taken off dead gook, tet 68

1. My favorite captured knife., the handle is bakelite and the blade reminded me of a us m-3, the sheath is ww2 type

2. Two original captured knives, top one came with out the sheath, the sheath was acquired at a different time, they worked together so I kept them that way . The bottom knife is a very small montgnard made knife taken off a dead vc

3. Captured chicom shovels, early ones with out dates

1. Close up of markings on shovel handle

2. My favorite shovel , shorted for tunnel digging , not sure of country of origin just real cool

3. Back side of the tunnel shovel

COLLECTION OF CAPTURED PERSONAL VC/NVA ITEMS

1. Check the next pictures for brake down

2. VC/NVA personal items made from aluminum or downed us aircraft . note all or war time capture except the jet airplane comb, I believe its post war
Combs, chop sticks, razor that holds double edged razor blade and straight razor, combs have some great art work

3. VC / NVA captured pocket knives
Left one is a bought knife, second from left is a Chinese made knife, the third from left is a opium knife , hand made with a bone handle, the forth knife came from a vet , I have the picture of the dead vc and the type 53 rifle that he carried and capture papers, it is hand made and sharp , top is a hand made pair of shears all vet bring backs

VC/NVA CAPTURED PERSONAL FIRST AID TINS

Two original vc/nva captured personal first aid tins, the one tin still has some of the original items, these are hard to find

VC/NVA PERSONAL LEATHER PURSE

Captured vc/nva personal effects, one leather purse with button closure and Vietnamese money, two bracelets both named , one wider one has nva unit inscribed inside, a captured hand made ring and a Timex watch with a gi band

CAPTURED PERSONAL VC NVA ITEMS

A very small compass son a string, a odd whistle on lanyard rope, a vc identification worn on the arm during the tet of 68, a montgnard made pipe , and a early picture of ho . the picture is a copy

EXTREMELY RARE AWARD SCARF

The red and green flag as I have been told if for vc security forces

Back of scarf, close up of embroidery and detail , the markings are for a unit

CAPTURED CHAIRMAN MAO BOOKS, MANDATORY READING FOR EVERY VC/NVA FIGHTING THE WAR

Rice coupons, a pack of cigs from Laos, some captured dong, Very rare book by ho chi mein (dieu-le) this book was taken off of a nva officer. There are two original lighters and some misc id

ORIGINAL WAR TIME 7.62X 39 AMMO ON ORIGINAL CHICOM STRIPPER CLIPS

31 on the stripper, all original strippers i have ever found had this 31 stamped on the bottom i fell if its not there its a post war item

ORIGINAL CAPTURED COMPASS'S

Three are chicom and one is unknown, could be chicom. all show much use and were bring backs from the war.

Reverse of all the compass's

Extremely rare original war time dated ammo and sks pouch with stripper clips, stripper are all marked 31 on the bottom top pouch ammo is head stamped 69.

The bottom pouch ammo is head stamped 57

More pictures of the pouch with original ammo on strippers

A VERY RARE AND COOL POSTER

1. Captured beheading sword with letter from a member of the 5th group that brought it back, original item have never seen another poster, sword looks like the one in the poster and the letter states it was captured and was used by the vc for beheading villagers

2. Look at the blade in the blade in the poster and then look at the blade in the picture they look alike

3. Close up of the handle of the sword, showing the wood and the square bolts to hold the handle on

1. Back of the poster show the stamps when it was cleard to be brought back to the us

2. Here is the same poster only bigger at market, this is in a national geographic, this is a rare poster, the stamps give it documentation and there is a letter with it hand written from the green beret that brought it back

3. This is the cover of the national geo that the poster is shown in .

RICE COOKERS

Rice cookers, Vietnamese made, still being produced, the one on the right is dated 1973. the rest are dated 1968 I have no idea if these were sold to make money for the north or just to promote the war effort,. if you know email me and I will add it to the description

Reverse of rice cookers, showing the wording on the back

VC/NVA COOKING EATING RICE BOWLS AND UTENSILS

1. My collection of captured original nc.nva cooking eating rice bowls and utensils. All of these came from vets that brought them home, some of the spoons are jungle made, the green metal ones are issue, the pan with the long handle looks to be from a mess kit???, the other alum pan is hand made, the porcelain bowls and plates are a mixture of north and Chinese makes

2. Bottom of the bowls and plates, the one plate and bowl have the dove mark of the north Vietnam on them, there one bowl has a north Vietnam marking

3. Markings on plate and bowl

1. Close up of the spoons

2. This is the only bowl I have with markings like this, the vet I got it from took it off a dead vc, it was attached to the vc's ruck with the pipe cleaner, it is filthy, look at the previous picture it still have the stains and a fly in it never been washed since captured .

FOUND IN A VC BASE CAMP, US MADE AM RADIO, IT STILL WORKS

JUNGLE MADE CANDLE STICK HOLDERS

Found in a vc base camp, jungle made candle stick holders made out of a vc grenade with cast bases. This came from Matthew siler' s personal collection

Bottom of candle sticks showing the bolt that was used to hold the base to the grenade, there must be more of these around, the vc would not have made such a intricate mold for just one set

CAPTURED BOOBY TRAPS

my collection of original captured booby traps, all were bring backs, the Venus fly trap came with a letter from the marine that brought it back, the foot spikes, the punji stakes, and one I don't know how it was used, has row of nails with wood handle

BEST CAPTURED BELTS

One of the best captured belts I have ever seen, this one was decorated by the vet that captured it with cao bang and the date may 2, 1968 a great belt for display

CAPTURED RICE TUBES

1. My collection of captured rice tubes, all were bring backs, what you see took me years to find, not ebay stuff. The black and the tan ones were found in a vc bunker in the ashaw valley, they came right from the vet that had them for ever and decided to let them go. The reed green one looks to be made out of the same material that the nva uniforms made out of and the blue one was taken off of a vc after he was captured

2. An update on this rice tube, a person contacted me on this piece, he says the markings are japanese not vietnamese. Item came from vietnam and must have been left by the japanese after there ocupation of vietnam during ww2

3. Very rare not often seen huge ho chi mien trail rice tube, 100% original ! this one is north Vietnam made, extremely well made, lined, with ties to close the ends and straps to attached it to the bike or other means of transportation, only one I have ever found like this

This vc hammock is one of my favorite pieces of captured field gear, the vet that found it out side of plekiu on the side of a hiway near of trail, it has never been unwrapped, its just as it was found in 1966, it was carried like a back pack over the shoulders

VC /NVA cold weather vest, part of a vets bring back, I got several great items from this vet, I got a call from him that he wanted to sell the items he brought back, I went to his home, he was in the hospital and we talked on the phone, I bought all the items and we were going to get together in a week when he got out of the hospital, when I call his home to set up a meet, his wife told me he had died

This vc/nva hammock was one of the other items that the vet had, it was in this pouch and carried on a belt, I will show more of this vets items later, I never could figure out what the pouch was originally for, or was it made for carrying the hammock?? could have been for rice and bowl maybe

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