"Yook Young Music Festival Competition" silver Award Medal ND UNC, 50mm with suspension and red and white ribbon, housed in the original case. A quite intriguing piece depicting a musician in classical garb and playing a stringed instrument above a Korean legend reading "Yook Young Music Festival Competition", below the characters read "Children's Hall." On the reverse is inscribed the name of the awardee within a wreath, reading "2nd Place, Piano, Middle School, Park, Yeon Sang, Lee Jin IE." Yook, Youngsoo, was the former first lady of Korea, wife of Park, Junghee, former president, and established the Yook Young Foundation for the well-being and education of children in 1969.

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