Vietcong Helmet?

[cart]

Hi everyone,

A friend bought this one in his vacations as an original vietnam war item. As I know almost nothing about it I decided to post it here to see some opinions about it and learn a little more. Thanks in advance.

[guns ltd]

Not viet cong. North Vietnamese Regular army.

[TrondK]

Nice lid

[cart]

Thanks for correction and opinion.

[battle gear]

the badge has the National Liberation Front flag colors red on top and blue on the bottom

the NLF is the VC

these Sun helmets are still in use today and the badge was most likely added to sell to tourists as a souvenir from VN

[cart]

Interesting. How can we know if it is war period or if the badge was added later? Any clue?

[gel65]

Period helmets have painted flat insignias most of the time and are a little different shape and always in used condition I have not seen a wartime one that was mint ever

[cart]

Thanks for help gel. It would be nice to see a picture of a period one.

[battle gear]

Thanks for help gel. It would be nice to see a picture of a period one.

look at this collection, he has a lot of original VC / NVA items

NVC Vietcong

[cart]

Thank you. That's a very nice collection with good examples to see.