Commemorative Medal for the Victory in the 1949 Yangtze River Crossing Campaign/1949年渡江胜利纪念章

Obverse

渡江胜利纪念 - River Crossing Victory Commemoration

reverse

中国人民解放军华东军区颁发 - Issued by the East China Military Area Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army

一九四九年四月二十一日 = 1949年4月21日 = April 21, 1949

 

This is how this badge was described in "Handbook on the Chinese Communist Army" issued by US Dept. of the Army in 1960.

 

Rare set of two badges (second badge issued for Huaihai campaign) for soviet allies.

Official description of badges.

 

Known manufacturers marks (not an exhaustive list).

101

五

八

九

亞洲 - Asia

 

Fakes.

Variation.