Biafra South Nigeria Army Beret Badge 1967 other ranks and Mercenaries

Biafra South Nigeria Army Beret Badge 1967 other ranks and Mercenaries

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Biafra South Nigeria Army Beret Badge 1967 other ranks

Folowing the post-Independance Military coup, a secessionary movement arose in the Eastern stat or province (of Southern Nigeria), capital at Enugu; anti-Lagos, anti-Federal Goverment. On 30 May 1967, Lt-Col. Ojukwu, declared the birth of the new nation of BIAFRA. In the serveral years of the civil war that followed, Biafra maintained its own Army and Airforce; and distinctive badges, now rare, were struck.
These badges were also worn by some of the mercenaries who served in Biafra

Material: Gilding Steel
Reverse: 1 lug fitting (nort/south)
Original condition
Size: approx. 50 x 45 mm

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