Selous Scouts SILVER Ingot 1979 Number 131 of 1600

Selous Scouts SILVER Ingot 1979 Number 131 of 1600 Commemorative Medallion
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The Selous Scouts was a special forces unit of the Rhodesian Army that operated during the Rhodesian Bush War from 1973 until the reconstitution of the country as Zimbabwe in 1980. It was mainly responsible for infiltrating the black majority population of Rhodesia and collecting intelligence on insurgents so that they could be attacked by regular elements of the security forces. The unit did this by forming small teams that posed as insurgents and usually included captured insurgents. Over time, the Selous Scouts increasingly attacked insurgents themselves and operated in the countries that neighboured Rhodesia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selous_Scouts)