Socialist Republic of Vietnam – Fatherland Defense Order

[ThaiDave]

Hi All,

I am adding SRV pages to my website, and I had some questions from the SRV collectors out there :

1. This order was created by decree in 2003, and ratified in 2004.  The design was given in the decree of 2006.  Does anyone know when it actually came out ?  in 2004 (was their earlier design info elsewhere ?) or only in 2006 when the design details were decreed ?

2. There are two types of 2004/6 version ribbon.  The red/blue version is not matching the 2006 design decree, however was reported in Ed Emering’s article as being valid.  (size is smaller and color different) Maybe this was version in 2004 ? and 2006 version was final ?  Anybody know ?

3. Does anyone have additional references for this order ?

The draft page is here: http://www.indochinamedals.com/srv/o-06_fatherland_defence_order.html

Rgds

Dave