Loyalty Medal Explained

Loyalty Medal
Type:Single-grade decoration
Eligibility:Vietnamese citizens
Awarded For:Proven loyalty to the national cause by denouncing and countering enemy subversive activities
Status:No longer awarded
Established:1964
Total Awarded Posthumously:Yes
Higher:Life Saving Medal (Vietnam)
Lower:Wound Medal

The Loyalty Medal (Vietnamese: Trung-Chánh Bội-Tinh) was a single-grade decoration awarded by South Vietnam. Established in 1964, the medal was awarded to South Vietnamese citizens by the Chief of the Joint General Staff, Republic of Vietnam Military Forces. The medal could be awarded posthumously.

Criteria

The Loyalty Medal was awarded to Vietnamese citizens who had shown proven loyalty to the "National Cause" by denouncing or working to counter, what were deemed by the South Vietnamese government to be, subversive activities that were disruptive to security and order.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HUY CHUONG AN THUONG TRONG QUAN-LU'C VlET-NAM CONG-HOA (Medals and Decorations of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces) . Government of the Republic of Vietnam . 1967 . 100 . 26 January 2018.