beret at gun show

sparks1 · 08-22-2009, 14:57

Saw a beret at a gun show here in Minnesota today. It had the SF logo on the outside and a patch sewn inside. The inside patch was ...
CCN RT Idaho

Question...do I purchase this and keep it from some posers hands or just let it be?

My brother Nick was in RT Habu, CCN. Doesn't seem right to see this beret at a gunshow for the public to purchase. I can still go back tomorrow to get it, should it still be there. The fellow selling it has mostly Nazi WWII stuff, and makes a living selling these momentos.

Thanks
Ron Brokhausen

f50lrrp · 08-22-2009, 15:27

Buy it if you wish, but the fact that you've bought it won't keep a posser from getting another beret and making up his own stories...

Richard · 08-22-2009, 15:55

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Buy it if you wish, but the fact that you've bought it won't keep a posser from getting another beret and making up his own stories...

Or running for mayor...or rising to high office in the VFW...or writing a BS book...or...

Richard's $.02

08-22-2009, 17:39

Who's to say it's actually what it appears to be? I haven't looked at eBay in years, but there used to be a guy selling "SOG" berets on a regular basis. He claimed they smelled old! No returns, all sales final!

He went by the name Grossritter...I just Googled it.

http://www.google.com/search?q=gross...ient=firefox-a

Stras · 08-22-2009, 17:51

last I checked a genuine in-country made SOG patch for an RT was in excess of $100 on the internet.

There are tons of reproductions out there. and way too many schmucks selling them as the "real deal" and charging real deal prices.

Most of them have a story attached to how they obtained the beret as well. If it sounds too good to be true, just walk away.

sparks1 · 08-22-2009, 19:06

Guess I had suspicions of a fake patch. Just thought I'd ask the Professionals their opinion.I can't quite get my mind around as to why one would give up this piece of personal history. We all have our reasons, I guess.

Thanks for your input.

**Ambush Master** · 08-23-2009, 11:16

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Originally Posted by Stras

last I checked a genuine in-country made SOG patch for an RT was in excess of $100 on the internet.

There are tons of reproductions out there. and way too many schmucks selling them as the "real deal" and charging real deal prices.

Most of them have a story attached to how they obtained the beret as well. If it sounds too good to be true, just walk away.

I've been offered in excess of $5K for each of my RT New York originals!!!

rwt_bkk · 08-22-2009, 20:44

If the logo inside was done by a machine on a rayon or silk liner then it is probable. We had a shop that took out the old liner then replaced it with a silk or rayon (crs) with the logo embroidered on the new liner. That was pretty much the standard at CCN when I was there (69-70). Too bad you don't have a picture of it.
bru

nick's brother ! my condolences brother

sparks1 · 08-23-2009, 05:46

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Originally Posted by rwt_bkk

If the logo inside was done by a machine on a rayon or silk liner then it is probable. We had a shop that took out the old liner then replaced it with a silk or rayon (crs) with the logo embroidered on the new liner. That was pretty much the standard at CCN when I was there (69-70). Too bad you don't have a picture of it.
bru

nick's brother ! my condolences brother

Yeah...we all have our demons.

I can live with it

**Pete** · 08-23-2009, 06:03

Odd items end up in strange places

My F-I-L was a navigator in the AF SOF aircraft. When their unit rotated out of VN at the end of the war somehow the big brass bell that was outside/in the Officer's Club ended up in his possession.

Its been hanging ouside in my in-laws back yard ever since. It has the unit and club, IIRC, ingraved on it. He passed away a couple of years ago. I'll keep my eye on it. Never know, one of those FL SOW units might like it for old times sake.