SADF 1 Parachute Battalion Shoulder Flash. All Pins Intact.

SADF 1 Parachute Battalion Shoulder Flash.  All Pins Intact.

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From warinangola.com:  1 Parachute Battalion (1 Para Bn) [Afr: 1 Valskermbataljon (1 Valsk Bn)] was established on April 1, 1961 as a parachute training battalion, located next to the old Tempe Airfield in Bloemfontein. The unit's first operational mission came in August 1966 when they assisted police in an attack on a People's Liberation Army of Namibia base at Ongulumbashe in western Ovamboland. The unit would be involved in that theatre until the end of the border conflict in 1989. Heliborne fire forces were also used in Ovamboland. In April 1978 the battalion became part of 44 Parachute Brigade. With the eventual disbanding of 44 Parachute Brigade by 1991, the full-time personnel of the brigade were moved back to Bloemfontein and incorporated into what was then known as 1 Parachute Battalion Group.

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