Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

International Medal for Supervision and Control in Vietnam, Canadian issue, bronze (Maj E. S. C. Murdoch) good very fine, scarce to Commonwealth Forces £100-£140

Ernest St. John Charles Murdoch, M.C., was one of a small number of officers who was specially employed to make up the Military Component Canadian Delegation (M.C.C.D.), which was set up to implement the terms of the Geneva Agreement from 1954 when the First Indo China War had ended, to the International Commission of Control and Supervision (I.C.C.S.). Only three countries, Canada, India, and Poland, were sent to Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia from 1954 to 1973, and only 1,500 ‘Peace’ Medals were awarded in total for 90 days’ service.

Murdoch had previously been awarded the Military Cross for his services with the Royal Canadian Artillery in Sicily (London Gazette 23 September 1943), and Mentioned in Despatches for his services in Korea (London Gazette 3 October 1953).