Beret Flashes — 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

1960 - 1962

Felt

Felt

Leatherette / Naugahyde

1962 - 1965

2 piece Felt

2 Piece Felt Over Cardboard

1960’s Cut Edge

1965 - 1985

1960’s / 70’s Cut Edge

1960’s / 70’s Cut Edge

1980’s Taiwan Manufacture

1980’s Taiwan Manufacture

1980’s Cut Edge

Pakistani Manufacture
Embroidered on Felt

Merrowed Edge

Theater Made Flashes

Southeast Asia Manufacture
Probable Collectors Copy

Southeast Asia Manufacture
Probable Collectors Copy

Southeast Asia Manufacture
Probable Collectors Copy

Southeast Asia Manufacture

Southeast Asia Manufacture
Believed Japan or Thailand

Southeast Asia Manufacture

Southeast Asia Manufacture

“Bright Light Teams"
Southeast Asia Manufacture
Possible Collectors Copy

“Bright Light Teams"
Southeast Asia Manufacture
Collectors Copy

1985 - Current

1980’s Cut Edge

1980’s Cut Edge

1980’s Cut Edge

Unknown Manufacture

1980’s Taiwan Manufacture

Merrowed Edge

Saudi Manufacture

Other 5th Group Flashes

Unknown Detachment
Collector’s Copy of a Vietnam Era Detachment

Tentatively ID’s as “Operation Snowflake"
5th Group Arctic Training, 1960’s

5th Group Members TDY to Afghanistan
Unofficial and Unapproved
Unknown Manufacture
Probably Made for Collectors

Task Force Lebanon,
Detachment 1

Task Force Lebanon,
Detachment 2

Operational Detachment A-555
Probably Made for Collectors

Operational Detachment A-556
Probably Made for Collectors

ODB-53
Saudi Manufacture

Operational Detachment A-532
Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th SFGA
Operation Desert Storm
Saudi Manufacture

Operational Detachment A-533
Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th SFGA
Operation Desert Storm
Saudi Manufacture

Task Force Dagger
Operation Enduring Freedom
Southwest Asian Manufacture,
Type 1
Received from Unit

Task Force Dagger
Operation Enduring Freedom
American Manufacture,
Type 2