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NLF - Rare Cap Badge - Cong An - POW Prison Guards - Viet Cong - Vietnam War, Militaria
NLF - Rare Cap Badge - Cong An - POW Prison Guards - Viet Cong - Vietnam War, Militaria
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Rare - NLF - National Liberation Front - Cap Badge. NLF - Communist Army of South Vietnam - Cong An Security Force Political Protectorate - Prisoner of War Guards. This piece is more often and far more frequently found in the red background design of the NVA - This piece, with the blue / red background is of the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, more commonly known as the Viet Cong. This is a fantastic and rare piece. CONG AN – Security Force Vietnam’s First Security Force, the People’s Armed Public Security Force - Công An Nhân dân Vũ Trang – was formed in 1950. In 1959 this unit was dissolved and replaced by the ‘Cong An’ and was controlled by the Political Directorate growing to approximately 25,000 operatives by 1964. It had a dual role, Border Protection and the running of the POW Camps in the American Vietnam War. It was 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 and the legend CA superimposed on the gear wheel at the bottom. Originally worn by all operatives that badge has now passed to the Ministry of Interior Police. Since 1979, Border Defense Force members wear a green badge.
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