Indochina Campaign commemorative medal

• Name — Indochina Campaign commemorative medal • Type — Campaign medal • Eligibility — French citizens and foreign nationals fighting under the French flag • Awarded For — 90 days service between 16 August 1945 and 27 July 1954 • Campaign — Indochina War • Firstawarded — August 1, 1953 • Total Recipients — Coloniale Aloyse Rodolphe kennel • Higher — 1943–1944 Italian campaign medal • Lower — North Africa Security and Order Operations Commemorative Medal • Caption2 — Ribbon of the Indochina Campaign commemorative medal • Illustration — Reverse of the Indochina Campaign commemorative medal • Illustration — Brigadier General Pierre Vincent, a recipient of the Indochina Campaign commemorative medal • Illustration — General Arnaud de Foiard, a recipient of the Indochina Campaign commemorative medal

The conflict in French Indochina started right after the end of World War II with the French forces initially under the command of general Philippe Leclerc. During the first eight years of the conflict, French and colonial troops received the Colonial Medal with the "EXTRÊME-ORIENT" ("FAR EAST") clasp, unfortunately, this award couldn't be earned by all in theater and outright excluded indigenous personnel. Politicians and generals alike petitioned the government for a dedicated commemorative award available to all participants under French command. Even after the award was established, French soldiers still received the Colonial Medal with "EXTRÊME-ORIENT" clasp in addition to the Indochina Campaign commemorative medal.

The Indochina Campaign commemorative medal was awarded to soldiers of the army, navy and air force involved, for a minimum of ninety days, in a regular or supplementary unit in the Indochina campaign between 16 August 1945 and 11 August 1954. The medal could also be awarded to civilians, citizens of France or of the French Union, members of the Merchant navy or civil aviation, on board ships or as part of aircrews of air navigation aircraft, having ensured for a minimum period of ninety consecutive days, between the same aforementioned dates, troop or military equipment transport to or within Indochina. The ninety-day minimum period of service in theater was waived for personnel injured during operations in theater or mentioned in dispatches during the campaign.

• General Marcel Alessandri • Surgeon General Valérie André • Lieutenant Paul Brunbrouck • Admiral Georges Cabanier • General Paul Arnaud de Foïard • General Paul Arnault • General Marcel Bigeard • Major Rudolf Eggs • Master sergeant Marc Flament • Lieutenant colonel Albert Fossey-François • Lieutenant colonel Jules Gaucher • General Maurice Henry • Colonial Aloyse Rodolphe Kennel • General Pierre Langlais • General Paul Lardry • General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque • General Renaud de Corta • Major Hélie de Saint Marc • General Raoul Salan • Chief warrant officer Jean Trescases • Major René de Salins • General Maurice Schmitt • Chief warrant officer Jo Sohet • Lieutenant colonel Léo Vidou • General Pierre Vincent

The canonical record carries the following identifying particulars. Institutional cataloguing adds that indochina Campaign commemorative medal is associated with France. The same evidence establishes that indochina Campaign commemorative medal is recorded from 1953.