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VM 967 - DOCUMENTED SOUTH VIETNAMESE RURAL REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPEMENT MEDAL / CROSS AS AWARDED TO A FORMER MACV ADVISOR WHO SERVED AS THE SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPEMENT PROGRAM IN QUANG TIN PROVINCE DURING 1967/68. THE MEDAL COMES WITH THE MATCHING RIBBON BAR AS WELL AS A SOUTH VIETNAMESE REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPEMENT PROGRAM POCKET PATCH. ALSO INCLUDED WITH THE MEDAL ARE (4) DOCUMENTS, (2) FROM MACV AND THE OTHERS BEING THE VIETNAMESE ORDERS FOR THIS MEDAL. A GREAT MEDAL GROUPING TO A WELL KNOWN MACV ADVISOR TO THE REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPEMENT PROGRAM. |
$325.00 |
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966 - A NICE SELECTION OF ORIGINAL LAOTIAN RIBBON BARS FROM THE
COLLECTION OF MR. JOHN SYLVESTER JR. THIS COMPLETE COLLECTION FEATURES
ALL (15) RIBBON BARS FOR THE MEDALS OF THE ROYAL KINGDOM OF LAOS
TO INCLUDE THE RARE FRANCO-LAO RESISTANCE MEDAL AS WELL AS THE EVER
ELUSIVE LAOTIAN MEDAL FOR BRAVERY. ALSO INCLUDED WITH THE RIBBON
BARS IS AN OLD TYPE WRITTEN PAPER BY MR. SYLVESTER HIMSELF STATING
THAT THESE RIBBON BARS WERE PURCHASED AT A MILITARY EQUIPMENT SHOP
IN VIENTIANE, LAOS BACK IN 1972. A HISTORICAL OFFERING THAT IS IN
EXCELLENT CONDITION. |
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965 - AN OUTSTANDING SOUTH VIETNAMESE MADE PLAQUE AS PRESENTED TO
MR. JOHN SYLVESTER JR. WHO WAS THE SENIOR ADVISOR IN BINH LONG PROVINCE
FROM FEBRUARY OF 1969 TO AUGUST OF 1970 WHILE SERVING WITH MACV
ADVISORY TEAM 47 !!! THIS SHIELD SHAPED PLAQUE MEASURES APPROXIMENTLY
12 INCHES BY 10 INCHES AND FEATURES ALL SOUTH VIETNAMESE MADE BEER
CAN INSIGNIA. MANY OF YOU WILL RECOGNIZE MR. SYLVESTER'S NAME AS
HE HAS AUTHORED MANY PUBLICATIONS AND REFERENCE BOOKS OVER THE YEARS
COVERING THE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN MEDALS OF FRENCH INDOCHINA, SOUTH
VIETNAM, CAMBODIA AND THE ROYAL KINGDOM OF LAOS. HE IS PROBABLY
BEST KNOWN FOR HIS BOOK ENTITLED “THE DECORATIONS AND MEDALS
OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AND HER ALLIES 1950-1975” WHICH
HE PUBLISHED IN 1995 AND IS STILL WIDELY USED BY COLLECTORS OF SOUTH
VIETNAMESE MEDALS TO THIS DAY. AN EXREMELY NICE AND HISTORICAL ITEM
TO ONE OF THE “GODFATHERS” OF VIETNAM COLLECTING THAT
IS IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION !!! |
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VM 958 - ORIGINAL SOUTH VIETNAMESE MADE RVN PUBLIC WORKS, TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS MEDAL, 2ND CLASS IN SILVER. |
$295.00 |
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963 - AN ORIGINAL AND RARE SOUTH VIETNAMESE MADE / PRINTED RVN MANUAL
COVERING THE MILITARY AWARDS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS OF THE REPUBLIC
OF SOUTH VIETNAM. THIS JANUARY OF 1969 DATED PUBLICATION ALSO COVERS
THE UNIT CITATION STREAMERS, THE UNIT CITATIONS AND THE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF FOURRAGEES. THE MANUAL IS IN VIETNAMESE AND ENGLISH AND
IS IN VERY FINE CONDITION WITH COLOR PLATES OF EACH ITEM. A VERY
RARE SOUTH VIETNAMESE MANUAL WITH LESS THAN A DOZEN ORIGINAL EXAMPLES
KNOWN TO EXIST !!!
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472 - AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF A SOUTH VIETNAMESE 21 PLACE RIBBON
BAR. THE RIBBON BAR WAS MANUFACTURED BY CHIEU-ANH OF SAIGON AND
FEATURES AT LEAST 37 DEVICES AND ROSETTES ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL
/ FITTED RED FELT LINED CHIEU-ANH TAILOR SHOP BOX. THIS IS THE SECOND
TIME WE HAVE HANDLED THIS FINE EXAMPLE WHICH WE ARE OFFERING AT
AN EXTREMELY AFFORDABLE PRICE, COMPARED TO WHAT IT ORIGINALLY SOLD
FOR, WHICH WOULD MAKE A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY SOUTH VIETNAMESE MEDAL
/ RIBBON BAR COLLECTION !!! |
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