What is this medal with enamel?

[all1knew]

Hello all,

Any idea as to what this is or at least what country it comes from?

William Kramer

[davejb]

It could be japanese or poss chinese then again it has a middle eastern appearance to it .

[Adrian Stevenson]

No idea, but I have moved it to this forum to see if any answers are forthcoming.

Cheers, Ade.

[António Fragoeiro]

Hi, never seen one of these, maybe russian????.
Best regards
Nuno

[Adrian Stevenson]

Not Russian...

Cheets, Ade.

[bikerboyzx6r]

I was thinking Vietnamese... I will look into ot further for you

[norsk41elv]

Try The Philippines
(this one is for sure from the Philippines)

Regards
Jørn

[ppsh33]

hi william , it appears to resemble the philippines medal of military merit , ribbon is the same only difference i can see is the addition of the enamal inserts "a variant " ??. it is awarded for meritorious service during or in support of military action. hope this is some help..paul