The Vietnam Medal was issued under the Imperial system but was mainly awarded to Australian and New Zealand personnel. The medal is cupro-nickel with the effigy of the Queen on the obverse. The medal was jointly developed by Australia and New Zealan although there were separate Royal authorisation warrants for each country. Qualification requirements Australia. Australian Government Campaign Medals page.
At the time of the Vietnam war there was no such thing.
The Vietnamese conflict as it was referred to, was supposedly only a peacekeeping action. Many protests occurre. When the Buffalo Fight. Sympathy for the Devil.
Vietnam War Novels A Selected Bibliography of Fiction Alexander, David. Ancestry Medals - Family of Service Replicas. Find your story in the Common Medal Group replicas below or create the medal group based on Service records.
Names of Australians receiving imperial gallantry awards were published in the London Gazette and nearly all names were later republished in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
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