I do not even know if this is really Belgian. I bought it from uncle sams army navy surplus. It looks like some one cut the sleeves off and tailored it. The patch is a royal cannibal hunter...no. Just a patch I bought at Spencers. Can some one tell me if they really used a vest like this and what else would go with it?
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Belgium assault vest 1988 OD
Gemini- Senior Sergeant
- Name : clayton
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Belgium assault vest 1988 OD
I do not even know if this is really Belgian. I bought it from uncle sams army navy surplus. It looks like some one cut the sleeves off and tailored it. The patch is a royal cannibal hunter...no. Just a patch I bought at Spencers. Can some one tell me if they really used a vest like this and what else would go with it?
Camo_fiend- MODERATOR
- Name : Ben
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Re: Belgium assault vest 1988 OD
What you have is a Belgian field jacket that has been modified into a sleeveless vest... Sturm (one of the big European surplus wholesalers) is notorious for doing this to certain surplus items in order to make them appealing to a larger customer base, rather than just surplus & militaria collectors. Personally, I hate seeing surplus kit mutilated into fashion items, but I'm not on Sturm's marketing team, so what I think doesn't really matter.
Although small, here is what the jacket would have looked like originally:
Although small, here is what the jacket would have looked like originally:
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John Brown- Sergeant
- Location : Houston, Texas
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Re: Belgium assault vest 1988 OD
Yeah, there's lots of places like "uncle sams army navy surplus" that'll buy a container load of unknown condition stuff and make what $$$ they can out of it.
Gemini- Senior Sergeant
- Name : clayton
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Re: Belgium assault vest 1988 OD
Thanks for the confirmation!Its nice in the summer,but I wish they would have just left it alone,I could have rolled up the sleeves.What uniform does this go with?
CollectinSteve- ADMIN
- Location : New England, US
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Re: Belgium assault vest 1988 OD
Up until 1997 (or there abouts) the only units in the Belgian Army that wore camouflage were the Para/Commandos and units deployed for UN missions. Everybody else wore a greenish field uniform, which this parka is a part of.
Steve
Steve
Gemini- Senior Sergeant
- Name : clayton
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Re: Belgium assault vest 1988 OD
Thanks Steve,now I now where to start looking.
Brigade Piron- Corporal
- Location : UK
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Re: Belgium assault vest 1988 OD
The National Museum of the Army in Brussels had a mannequin of a Belgian soldier of the German Occupational Force (BSD) in this kit, I'll see if I've got a pic of it to post...
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