5 COMMANDO ("Mad Mike Hoare's Congo mercenaries) cloth badge - RARE!

 

ORIGINAL WORN ITEM FROM 1964-1966. 

In early 1964, a crisis broke out as Congolese rebels calling themselves "Simba" (Swahili for "Lion") rebelled against the government. As the rebel movement spread, discipline became more difficult to maintain, and acts of violence and terror increased. Thousands of Congolese were executed, including government officials, political leaders of opposition parties, provincial and local police, school teachers, and others believed to have been Westernized. The president decided to use foreign mercenaries as well as the Armee Nationale Congolaise (National Army of Congo) to suppress the rebellion. Mike Hoare was employed to created the English-speaking 5 Commando ANC at Kamina, with the assistance of a Belgian officer, Colonel Frederic Vanderwalle. They are known as the "Mad Dog Killers"

THIS BADGE IS EXTREMELY RARE!!!!

 

 

 

Shipping - Speedservices R70 or Registered R30. We can combine items when shipping.

 

 

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