First Type Rhodesian Selous Scouts Anodised Aluminium Cap Badge c1974-80

Selous Scouts ano staybrite cap badge non-maker marked and known as the '1st type / issue / pattern' Manufactured by Werner Reuteler of Reuteler Manufacturing Company, Salisbury, Rhodesia c1973-80. GC.

The Selous Scouts /səˈluː/ 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.

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