U. S. ARMY GREEN UNIFORM SET INSIGNIAS METALS AIRBORNE SPECIAL FORCES 2ND LIEUT
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:73838 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Type: Army Green Mens Uniform Set with ribbons Crests et |
Photographs throughout Ad: Offered for auction from a recent estate sale is an excellent example of American Military Uniform History aU.S. ARMY MENS COAT GREEN AND SHIRT - “UNIFORM SET” - 2ND LIEUTENANT “AIRBORNE SPECIAL FORCES” PATCHES INSIGNIA” - RIBBONS - METALS -ETC. “VIETNAM PERIOD” -- Below additional information on the Uniform Set with metals and unit insignia as offered for Auction. The standard U.S. Army Class A Enlisted/Officers Green Coat set cons...ist of the following:An 8 Piece Uniform Set including 2 pieces of clothing and 6 Insignia - Unit crests - Ribbons - Medals etc as listed below.The Army Green Poly/Wool “60% Poly and 40% Wool” Shade 344 Tropical AB 344 Class 3 38R Size and Army number 8405 965 1615. Manufactured by De Rossi and Son’s Co. as noted on tag on breast inside pocket. De Rossi located in Vineland, New Jersey has been making uniforms for the U.S. military since World War II. As noted above Jacket Markings are as follows Size 38 R - 8405-965 - 1615. All Eagle buttons present and Jacket in very good to excellent used condition as photo shows. A few storage marks present on Jacket as photo shows. On the back of the uniform are 2 very small what appear to be moth holes. The measurements of the jacket are as follows - Width across shoulders 17”, length from top of jacket shoulder to bottom of jacket 32”, top of sleeve to bottom 25” and from inside of sleeve to bottom 17”.The Insignia, Ribbons and metals on jacket are as follow:2nd Lieutenant Insignia 1 on each epaulet.Airborne Insignia on Shoulder SleeveSpecial Forces Shoulder PatchArmy Good Conduct Metal with Ribbon and Separate Ribbon2 Black Bands one on each sleeve just above the cuffThe Short Sleeve Shirt has Epaulets. The shirt size is 18 x 34/35 as noted on tag on shirt along with the Army number of 8405-01-395-2605. The shirt is in very good used condition. The Shirt was ordered by the D.S.C.P. “Defense Supply Center Philadelphia”. Today the agency is called DLA or Defense Logistic Agency. D.S.C.P. Garrison Collection as noted on shirt tag. Below I have added additional information on the Good Conduct Metal on Jacket, History on the Airborne and Special Forces patches, History of the Army Green uniform and insignia placement.The Good Conduct Medal is one of the oldest military awards of the United States Armed Forces. The U.S. Navy's variant of the Good Conduct Medal was established in 1869, the Marine Corps version in 1896, the Coast Guard version in 1923, the Army version in 1941, and the Air Force version in 1963; the Air Force Good Conduct Medal was temporarily discontinued from February 2006 to February 2009, followed by its subsequent reinstatement.The criteria for a Good Conduct Medal are defined by Executive Orders 8809, 9323, and 10444. The Good Conduct Medal, each one specific to one of the five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, is currently awarded to any active duty enlisted member of the United States military who completes three consecutive years of "honorable and faithful service". Such service implies that a standard enlistment was completed without any non-judicial punishment, disciplinary infractions, or court martial offenses. If a service member commits an offense, the three-year mark "resets" and a service member must perform an additional three years of service without having to be disciplined, before the Good Conduct may be authorized.During times of war, the Good Conduct Medal may be awarded for one year of faithful service. The Good Conduct Medal may also be awarded posthumously, to any service member killed in the line of duty.Special Forces traces its roots as the Army’s premier proponent of unconventional warfare from purpose-formed special operations units like the Alamo Scouts, Philippine guerrillas, First Special Service Force, and the Operational Groups (OGs) of the Office of Strategic Services. Although the OSS was not an Army organization, many Army personnel were assigned to the OSS and later used their experiences to influence the forming of Special Forces. During the Korean War, individuals such as former Philippine guerrilla commanders Col. Wendell Fertig and Lt. Col. Russell W. Volckmann used their wartime experience to formulate the doctrine of unconventional warfare that became the cornerstone of the Special Forces. In 1951, Major General Robert A. McClure chose former OSS member Colonel Aaron Bank as Operations Branch Chief of the Special Operations Division of the Psychological Warfare Staff (OCPW) in the Pentagon. In June 1952, the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) was formed under Col. Aaron Bank, soon after the establishment of the Psychological Warfare School, which ultimately became today’s John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. The 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) was split, with the cadre that kept the designation 10th SFG deployed to Bad Tölz, Germany, in September 1953. The remaining cadre at Fort Bragg formed the 77th Special Forces Group, which in May 1960 was reorganized and designated as today’s 7th Special Forces Group. Since their establishment in 1952, Special Forces soldiers have operated in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, North Vietnam, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia, Panama, Haiti, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, 1st Gulf War, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Philippines, Syria, Yemen, Niger and, in an FID role, East Africa. In 1956 the Army Green uniform was adopted as offered for auction. The enlisted stripes were changed from yellow on a blue backing to Goldenlite Yellow on a green backing. The specialist insignia was redesigned to be larger, broader, and more rounded.From 1954 to 2010, the main service uniform was the green service uniform or "class A". The Army reviewed various ideas in the late 1940s in order to create a distinctive uniform. Many civilian workers were mistaken for Army personnel because of massive use of army surplus clothing after World War II.Army commissions reviewed various factors of design, durability and appearance. Blue was considered because of its acceptance in men's clothing, but it would then have been too difficult to distinguish it from Air Force and Navy service uniforms and the Marine Corps and Navy dress uniforms. Several colors were reviewed, and finally green (shade 44) was designated the basic color for new dress uniforms. The green uniform has been worn with minor variations since its official adoption in 1954. The green color was adopted in order to provide a color which was more military, and distinct from various uniforms of civilian service workers. It features a jacket with four buttons. Enlisted soldiers wear insignia denoting their branch of service on their collars. Officers wear two sets of insignia consisting of the letters "U.S." on their collars and their branch on their lapels. Proficiency badges, such as a Marksmen Metal are worn on the upper left pocket flap. Above this are the ribbons for medals and commendations such as the “Good Conduct Metal and Ribbon” as presented on this uniform” which have been earned for various actions, duties, and training. Above the ribbons are qualification badges, such as the parachutist badges and combat action badge. A nametag is worn on the upper right pocket flap. Unit awards and foreign awards are worn above the right pocket, with a regimental insignia above both. Special duty badges, such as the recruiter badge, are worn on the upper two pockets of the jacket; the side on which they are worn varies by badge.On each shoulder of the uniform unit patches are placed. The left side will have the patch of the soldier's current unit assignment which in this case is the patch for “AIRBORNE - SPECIAL FORCES”. The right shoulder may have the patch of a unit to which the soldier has previously been assigned while deployed to a combat zone; soldiers with multiple previous combat assignments may choose which patch to wear. Tabs indicating ranger, special forces, or sapper qualification, if applicable, are worn above the unit patch on the left shoulder. A similar "airborne" tab is worn immediately above the unit patch if the command is designated as airborne, irrespective of whether the individual soldier is qualified as a paratrooper. As the shoulder sleeve insignia generally indicates merely the general-officer command to which the soldier is assigned, the soldier's immediate battalion or intermediate-level command may be indicated by distinctive unit insignia of metal and enamel, on the soldier's epaulets. Issuance of the Army green service uniform was halted in 2010, and the uniform was phased out in 2015, and was completely replaced by the blue ASU. The green service uniform was discontinued in 2015 after 61 years of approved wear, the vast majority of that stretch as the service uniform that defined the Army at that time.I will accept PAYPAL. Items will be shipped Priority Mail mail usually next day after payment of Paypal, packaging and mail $ 14.95.
