PC451 Laoshan Battle Memorial Medal
  Medal Name Text (phonetic transcription)
date of issue - 1987
  Authority: Certain unit troop
  Design: star breast badge, golden aluminum, 52mm across, with suspension
    Obverse: five-pointed gold star with a multi-ray point between each arm, with in the center a light blue field with below white mountains with the date 1987 and above a red Chinese People's Liberation Army flag, surrounded by a gold ring with above the inscriptionMedal Name Textmeaning Huaihai Campain Merit Citation First Class Team and rice sheaves with a cogwheel below;
    Reverse: plain with the inscription Medal Name Textmeaing Self-Defensive Counterattack Battle Against Vietnam;
    Suspension: a trapazoidal pined broach with vertical lines, with in the center the inscription Medal Name Text meaning Commemoration for Participating in Battle
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To commemorate the days and nights during the Laoshan battle, certain unit troops issued the “Huaihai Campaign Merit Citation First Class Team” Laoshan Battle Memorial Medal. The appearance of this medal still inherited the basic design from the 1984 Laoshan medal. However, compared to the 1984 medal, the size and thickness of this medal had visibly increased.

Laoshan Battle Memorial Medal
Laoshan Battle Memorial Medal

Laoshan Battle Memorial Medal
Laoshan Battle Memorial Medal