A Vietnamese Civil Merit Order; Officer GTRexclude " above "L" in the

" above "L" in the centre

Sixteen days later

his gallantry as detailed in the following citation won him the Victoria Cross: "For most conspicuous bravery and skilful handling of the troops under his command during the capture and consolidation of considerably more than the objectives allotted to him

The mine exploded at 10:00 PM on July 25

A Vietnamese Civil Merit Order; Officer GTRexclude " above "L" in theA Vietnamese Civil Merit Order; Officer Silver gilt with black and white enamels, 43 mm, large rosette on an original ribbon, dual prong pinback, light contact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Sip Song Chau Tai (Twelve Provinces of the Dai) was an area in the north west of French Indochina, now Vietnam and was recognized by the French in 1890. The twelve lands expanded to nineteen lands by 1950, becoming the basis of the semi autonomous T'ai Federation