Vietnam era patch legit?

[Peter Laidler]

Sarge and others will well remember some of the most gaudy silk embroidery stuff that was available.......... in the moist hideous colours, with fearsome badges, dragons, logos etc etc. Some of the blokes used to send this hideous stuff/crap home........, as did my pal George Lxxxxxx from 4 RAR........ I mean............ what dad in his right mind, living in the wilds of Ballarat would want a red silk (?) smoking jacket adorned with gaudy dragons with a half eaten VC fighter in its jaws? Yep, That's what Georgie sent home as I recall. The true irony was that Georges dad had really been to war and had fought the Soviet occupiers during the Hungarian uprising, had a price on his head, escaped from Hungary to Austria carrying George, his smaller sister along with mum. We're still in touch and I'll forward this thread to him, now living in Bendigo. Have a chuckle George........