Friendship Decoration.

[desantnik]

Originally Posted by Rick Research

If anybody has ever seen any other award documents for this award I'd like to know what the serial numbers and dates are...

because out of that estimated 20,000 awarded, my "data base" for matching a serial number with an award date is


this ONE.

Here's mine. The medal s/n is 0159 and above the s/n is V.N.D.C.C.H. in Latin characters. The document is dated 9.12.67 and references a "book of honor" #934 - I don't know if the s/n's should coincide, but I bought them together.

I don't really collect VN medals if someone is interested in a trade/purchase...

[Rick Research]

Well, that's TWO then. I guess we're "it." Since yours is a much lower number a year later, I guess they didn't hand them out in numerical order!

Closeup of the reverse:

[Taz]

Additional images. #9743

[medals73]

Originally Posted by desantnik

Another one, presumably #1741 though traces of older (original?) numbers such as "00" are visible preceding the number and under the initial "1".

Ribbon is obviously replaced. Anyone know what this ribbon is?

Ribbon is for the PDRA border guards medal.