US AUSTRALIA REPUBLIC VIETNAM WAR SPECIAL SERVICE MEDAL

VERY GOOD CONDITION REPUBLIC OF SOUTH VIETNAM SPECIAL SERVICE MEDAL. AWARDED FOR OUTSTANDING GALLANTRY, OUTSTANDING MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO THE VIETNAMESE (LATER JUST THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE) NATION BETWEEN 1950 AND 1974 OR RISKING ONE'S LIFE DURING AN OPERATION. MOST RECEIPIENTS OF THIS MEDAL WERE SERVING VIETNAMESE TROOPS. THIS MEDAL WAS ALSO AWARDED TO US, AUSTRALIAN AND ALLIED FORCES FOR COMBAT GALLANTRY, AND WAS THE EQUIVALENT TO THEIR COUNTRIES GALLANTRY AWARDS (EG. THE US BRONZE STAR). THE MEDAL IS MAKER MARKED 'GRACO G1', WHICH WAS THE OFFICIAL US GOVT. APPROVED MANUFACTURER. OVERALL, A VERY GOOD MEDAL, AS AWARDED TO SERVING VIETNAMESE, US, AUSTRALIAN AND FOREIGN TROOPS FOR GALLANTRY IN COMBAT.