Historical information
Mike Wells (donor of this item) told the museum that he took this flag from "the body of a bandit who got in the way of bullets".
This is part of a collection donated by Captain Michael Wells (Service no: 2243275) who served with the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. Captain Wells served in Vietnam from May 1966 to January 1967 with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV).He was Operations Advisor at Phuoc Thuy.
Physical description
Silk Viet Cong flag for placement over the body of North Vietnamese soldier. Flag is blood stained. Top half is blue, bottom half red, with a yellow 5-pointed star sewn in at the centre.
Inscriptions & markings
'Wells' is a name imprinted on hem.
