During Vietnam, tiger stripes were made in Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia ( more based on a British camo, but still appears to look like tigers), & Philippines. For the most part all other tiger stripes were privately purchased, or purchased and issued on a small command scale.
The only large scale issuing of tiger stripes was done by the Vietnamese Marine Corps. Yet, a couple of years later he set up at the Great Western and 90% of his sales were to Japanese buyers.Īs per the original questions about issuing of Tiger Stripes. Then when he self-published his first book ( before Schiffer picked it up), he had these odd looking Death / Toe tags, that collectors were supposed to hand to the two or three dealers in California at the Great Western Show that were selling our Tiger Stripe heritage to the Japanese and how wrong that was. I remember in the mid to late 80's he was always running ads in the Shotgun News looking to buy tiger stripes. While he does make it easier to identify the basic types, I have always wondered wher he came up with some of the names he ended up calling them. Unfortunately, too many collectors use Johnson's book as "bible" for tiger stripe collecting. I believe it is the very last issue of Vietnamese Marine Corps tiger stripes, is done on a light-weight rip-stop, with very wide printed line patterns. Also, I have to disagree with the above statement about all "rip-stop tiger stripe is post-war and made for hunting clothes". Have never heard them claim that they made items during the war. Tiger Stripe Products started make their patterns in the mid-to late 80's. I will post some of mine in the few next days, If you have Tiger Stripes uniforms, please share, I'm very interested to see this. Every Rip Stop Tiger Stripe are post war, designed to make hunting clothes. Tiger Stripe Product had never produced any uniforms during the war, their camo is a copy of John Wayne pattern, so they should not claim that is their pattented pattern.
The Thai Tadpole like pattern was made in tailored in Thailand, almost used by Air Force personel.Īnd almost all tailors shops in Vietnam and other Countries of SEA had material rolls of these patterns to make uniforms, tours jackets, bush jackets, bonnie hats. Thai pattern is made in Thailand, the Large Pattern (in Poplin) was supplied to VN Marines corps at the end of the war, but tailored in Vietnam. (some ROKs troopers also wear TS in Korea) Late war pattern was made in Korea and supplied to Vietnam market also to Cambodia, Laos. Tadpole pattern was probably made and tailored in Japan, since the threads, the cut and buttons are identical to the previous patterns. Almost all the Tiger Stripe Flight Suits were made in Japan too. Some contracts were ordered by CISO to supply indigenous troops at the beginning of the war. John wayne pattern and Advisors Sparse Pattern (Gold Pattern) were made in and tailored Japan since they have inspection tags and size tags with japanese names. We can see QM stamps only on these patterns, the first issue was back in 1957 or 1958Īll the following patterns are inspired from the VNMC patterns Tiger Stripes made, tailored in Vietnam for Vietnamese Marines (material is poplin like, for all the VNMC 1st and 2nd pattern), I suspect that the 2nd VNMC pattern was also made in Korea since we have uniforms especially made for the US Marines Advisors ordered there. During the war, depending the pattern, we have: As stated in the book Tiger Pattern de R Johnson, the Tiger Stripes were inspired from the French Indochina Lizzard camo (worn by almost French Airborne troops also other French Elite troops).
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