Watch List notes:

Military Orders and Medals, Campaign Groups and Pairs, A rare, New Zealand issue, Vietnam Pair, awarded to Driver S. J. Hughan Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps, comprising: Vietnam Medal, 1964-73 (42390 Dvr S J Hughan RNZASC); South Vietnam Campaign Medal, 1964-72, with the clasp 1960 - (42390 S J Hughan), of Australian manufacture, very fine (2)
Driver Stephen John Hughan, Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps was a driver for 161 Battery Royal New Zealand Artillery.
The Vietnam Medal was awarded to personnel who served in Vietnam for a minimum of one day on land or 28 days at sea after the 28th May 1964. The medal is rare to a New Zealand recipient with only 3,312 being issued. The South Vietnam Campaign Medal was awarded by the government of Vietnam to Australian and New Zealand forces who served at least six months in Vietnam from 1st March 1961. The original issue, of Vietnamese manufacture, was relatively crude and issued unnamed. Subsequently medals were produced in Australia and these are not only of better quality but also bear the name of the recipient.
Sold with a copy from the New Zealand Vietnam War Veterans Roll.
(400-450 GBP)