1st Cavalry Division – «Black Horse Brigade»

During 1969, Headquarters, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division directed combat operations from Quan Lợi Base Camp in Bình Long Province. The brigade participated in continuing search-and-destroy operations, pacification efforts, and border security missions in III Corps Tactical Zone near the Cambodian frontier as part of the wider Allied campaign against North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and Viet Cong (VC) forces.


Zippo factory-engraved on the obverse with the unit designation «HEADQUARTERS 2nd BRIGADE 1st CAVALRY DIVISION» above the division's distinctive yellow shield bearing a black horse's head. The reverse is engraved with the «BLACK HORSE BRIGADE» emblem, featuring a rearing horse within a gold circle.

  • Model:

    chrome plated brushed, five barrel hinge

  • Year:

    1969

  • Status:

    in collection

1st Cavalry Division – «Black Horse Brigade», Modell chrome plated brushed, five barrel hinge, Jahr 1969, Ansicht 11st Cavalry Division – «Black Horse Brigade», Modell chrome plated brushed, five barrel hinge, Jahr 1969, Vorderseite