RHADE HILL TRIBE - BRASS BRACELET - Vietnam War - US Special Forces MACV - Q.63 For Sale

BRASS BRACELET - US Special Forces - Central Highland Hill Tribes

Rare - Rhade Hill Tribe - V V V Marked

Montagnard - Brass Bracelet - RHADE HILL TRIBE - Notched

US Special Forces Extremely rare piece Excellent Rare Piece Montagnard Friendship bracelet Superb Condition,
Excellent Piece. Brass, Montagnard Friendship / loyalty band. These pieces gifted by Montagnard Hill Tribe ( Nung, Meo, Sedang, Bahnar, Bru, Cao Dai, Cham, Cua, Halang, Hre, Hoa Hao, Hroi, Jarai, Jeh, Katu, Khmer, Koho, Ma, M'nong, Muong, Raglai, Rengao, Rhade, Stieng) operatives to US Mike Force attached personnel displaying their loyalty and friendship.

This is a rare RHADE HILL TRIBE - Notched VVV - Rare, usual Nung Tribe marked XXXX - (Laos, North, South Vietnam) Hill Tribe marked Piece.

Measures - 3 inches across - (7.5 cms).

Rhade Hill Tribe – Ban Me Thuot Revolt 1964

During the Vietnam War,American and South Vietnamese military advisers feared that the Viet Cong wouldconvert Rhade tribesman in the Đắk Lắk Province to their support.

They instituted a programby which American Special Forces sought to train the Rhade in "villageself-defense programs." These self-defense programs were highlycontroversial.

According to WilliamDuiker, United States Foreign Officer and East-Asian professor, the trainingefforts, called "Civilian Irregular Defense Groups" (CIDG), wereplagued with problems of arbitrary authority on the part of Vietnameseauthorities and officers.

During the summer of 1964,"...Vietnamese arrogance led immediately to problems, and in September aserious revolt broke out among the Rhadé tribesmen in Ban Me Thout. Only withthe aid of U.S. advisers was the crisis defused."

The Rhade made up aportion of the United States' Montagnard allies, and after the war some fled tothe United States, mainly residing in North Carolina.

Solid Brass

Elite Special Forces Airborne - Rare Piece.