Original U.S. Vietnam War Incountry-Made Cowboy Hat with Vietnamese-Made “Beer Can” Insignia - Size 7¼ - Beo Gam Camouflage Snider Rifle embroidered onto a bullion bordered

embroidered onto a bullion bordered black rectangle in German Black Letter Typeface:

On this example it looks like all the lacquer flaked away

" "Good Luck for Bravery"

and frontiersmen and used to hold anything from fire starting supplies to pipe tobacco

but this does not

Original U.S. Vietnam War Incountry-Made Cowboy Hat with Vietnamese-Made “Beer Can” Insignia - Size 7¼ - Beo Gam Camouflage Snider Rifle embroidered onto a bullion borderedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an attractive example of a Locally Procured Vietnamese Made Bush Hat (aka Cowboy Hat by GIs) with a very rare Beer Can Staff Sergeant rank pin to the front.. These were popular with U. S. and Army Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Forces all throughout the war. As the United States Military did not issue the now popular Boonie Hat until approximately 1967, many U. S. personnel acquired their own through local