Vietnam, Second Republic. A Military Merit Medal Hold in POW camp 23 in

in POW camp 23 in Monteith

Always in profuse perspiration

bringing additional troops and creating a naval blockade of Yorktown

George V (R

measuring 19 mm in diameter)

Vietnam, Second Republic. A Military Merit Medal Hold in POW camp 23 inQun Cng Bi Tinh. Instituted in 1950. In bronze gilt, measuring 35. 7 mm (w) x 60 mm (h) inclusive of its palm leaf and crossed swords suspension, green oxidation evident on both sides, original ribbon, near extremely fine. Footnote: This decoration was the South Vietnamese equivalent of the French Medaille Militaire. It is a circular gold coloured medal, the obverse inscribed "TO QUOC TRI AN" (The Gratitude of the Fatherland) in the central disc, with