ARMY GIFTS defenceqstore | Vietnam War Combined Arms Contact Medallion

This stunning 48mm Vietnam War Memorial Medallion at the military specialists recognises the service and sacrifice of the some 60,000 Australians served in the Vietnam War - on land, in the air and at sea.

Finished in polished silver, the medallion features emotive images from the Vietnam War. The reverse of the medallion features an exert from the painting Combined Arms Contact, by acclaimed Australian artist Drew Harrison.

For Australian soldiers Vietnam was largely a war of boots and bush. Short range contacts against an elusive enemy. While it was often infantrymen fighting on their own, there were occasions when they called on the support of other arms and services-armour, artillery or air support. Drew Harrison's painting depicts such an occasion. It captures the intensity of close range combat and demonstrates the battle winning value of combined arms action. His artwork brings together in the fight the Royal Australian Regiment, the tanks of 1st Armoured Regiment, 3rd Cavalry Regiment's armoured personnel carriers and the "Hueys" of Air Force.

Specifications:

• Material: Silver-plated zinc
• Colour: Silver, full-colour overlay
• Size: 48mm x 4mm