Original Rhodesian Bush War to Modern Era Military Insignia Lot with Medal, Belt Pins, & Patches

Original Items. Only One Lot Available. This is a great lot of very scarce Rhodesian items from the Bush War era. The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Second Chimurenga, was a civil conflict from July 1964 to December 1979 in the unrecognized country of Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and now Zimbabwe).

The conflict pitted three forces against one another: the Rhodesian white minority-led government of Ian Smith (later the Zimbabwe-Rhodesian government of Bishop Abel Muzorewa); Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, the military wing of Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union; and the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army of Joshua Nkomo's Zimbabwe African People's Union.

The war and its subsequent Internal Settlement, signed in 1978 by Smith and Muzorewa, led to the implementation of universal suffrage in June 1979 and the end of white minority rule in Rhodesia, which was renamed Zimbabwe Rhodesia under a black majority government. However, this new order failed to win international recognition and the war continued. Neither side achieved a military victory and a compromise was later reached.

The items include:
- Belt buckle two piece with dagger insignia.
- Combat Engineers 2 Squadron patch
- Rhodesian Parachutist badge, rare.
- 6th Rhodesian Regiment bevo style insignia.
- Royal Rhodesian Regiment badge on red backing.
- Crown over laurels patch.
- Pair of shoulder boards, white with green trim, Medical Council of Southern Rhodesia. Great insgnia.
- Pair of NR Northern Rhodesia shoulder pins.
- Rhodesia Air Force badge.
- Rhodesia shoulder tab.
- Pair of insignia made by Reutler Mfg of Salisbury.
- Various small pins & insignia.

A great lot of Rhodesian insignia, ready for further research and display.