Def Leppard Hysteria Swiss Gold Award presented to Rick Allen - RARE Stevie Wonder By 2003 the album was

By 2003 the album was certified 17x Multi-Platinum -- see image above for RIAA sales certifications of this album through the years*

Detailed Item Description: This RIAA Platinum award is a first presentation award that would have been manufactured sometime in 2003 making this award approximately 18 years old

The O'Jays and many others

This is likely because the label had not filed the paperwork to support that level of sales with the RIAA until that time

Def Leppard Hysteria Swiss Gold Award presented to Rick Allen - RARE Stevie Wonder By 2003 the album wasSwiss Gold Album award for Def Leppard's Hysteria album presented to drummer Rick Allen. The album was released on August 3, 1987 and this award celebrates "Gold" level sales in Switzerland of 25,000 copies sold with a date on the award of Nov. 1987. Def Leppard's mega seller Hysteria was fueled by no less than seven hit singles including "Animal", "Women", "Pour Some Sugar On Me", "Hysteria", "Armageddon It", "Love Bites" and "Rocket." The album went