Vietnam, Democratic Republic (North Vietnam). A Ho Chi Minh Badge, Awarded for Shooting Down an American Plane, c.1965 Auction Archive the lid featuring a hollow

the lid featuring a hollow void with a transparent celluloid cover

the tally ribbons knotted together at the rear and stitched in place

Vietnam 1968:  Colour and embossed masthead

Patrol Leader of the Armed Gendarmerie Badge - in die stamped silvered bronze

(Wehrmacht Gürtel mit Schnallen)

Vietnam, Democratic Republic (North Vietnam). A Ho Chi Minh Badge, Awarded for Shooting Down an American Plane, c.1965 Auction Archive the lid featuring a hollow(Huy Hiu H Ch Minh). In aluminum with a copper colored wash and red paint, illustrating the left facing bust of President Ho Chi Minh framed within sheafs of plants, with other plant life under the bust, a gear at the bottom above a ribbon banner bearing the inscription "VIET NAM DN CH CNG HA" (Vietnam Democratic Republic), measuring 39. 2 mm (w) x 40. 5 mm (h), with pinback, very light wear, near extremely fine. Accompanied by a black and white