2023 Lest We Forget: The Vietnam War Postal Numismatic Cover (PNC)

Lest We Forget: The Vietnam War Postal Numismatic Cover (PNC)

Each year, on 25 April, Anzac Day commemorations are held across Australia. These servises and vigils are held to pay respects to Australians who have lost their lives or served in all military and peacekeeping operations in which Australia has been involved. This cover pays tribute to the more than 60,000 Australians who served in the Vietnam War between 1962 and 1973, as well as after the fall of, Saigon in
1975. 523 Australians were killed and more than 3
3,000 were
wounded in Australia's longest conflict of the 20th century.

Permission to reproduce the Vietnam Medal (reverse) and the Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal (obverse) granted by the Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General. Cover image: Frank Burke/The Sydney Morning Herald (1st Battalion RAR departing Sydney, 1965)

This postal numismatic cover is limited to 7,500.