Bidspirit auction | Two Silver North Vietnamese Military

Two Silver North Vietnamese Military Merit and Resistance Orders - A pair of North Vietnamese military awards from the Vietnam War era. The first award is a silver five-pointed star featuring ball-tipped points and a central red enamel medallion with a gold star. The medallion is surrounded by a red border inscribed with the characters HUAN CHUONG CHIEN CONG. It is suspended from a red silk ribbon decorated with two green vertical stripes and a small silver five-pointed star device. The second award is a silver Resistance Order featuring a central star over a rayed background, set upon a larger four-pointed star base. A circular border around the central motif is inscribed with the characters CHONG MY CUU NUOC. This medal is suspended from a red silk ribbon featuring two white vertical stripes. Both medals utilize simple wire loop suspensions connecting the star-form planchets to their respective silk ribbons.