c1973-80 Rhodesian War Period Selous Scouts Regiment Numbered Wing

Rhodesian Bush War period numbered '1165' wing. Although, that number is not attributed to a member of the Selous Scouts in the book 'Pamwe Chete' by Lt Col Ron Rheid Daly, it is still a nice and hard to find numbered wing. VGC, with one lug slightly bent.

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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