Spain Ifni Sahara Campaign Medal 1st Class for Officers Forgotten War in West Africa 1958

SPAIN: Ifni Sahara Campaign Medal - Decoration, 
1st Class (gilt), for Officers.
The medal was instituted in 1958, in 2 classes, 
for the participants of the respective campaign 
in the Spanish West Africa. 
The Ifni War, also called the Forgotten War in 
Spain (la Guerra Olvidada), was a series of armed 
incursions into Spanish West Africa which may be 
seen as part of the general movement of 
decolonization that swept Africa throughout the 
later half of the 20th century. 
The War was conducted primarily by elements of 
the Moroccan Army of Liberation, began in 
October 1957 culminated with the unsuccessful 
for the Moroccans siege of Sidi Ifni. 
The Spanish counter attack in 1958 destroyed the 
Saharan Army of Liberation. 
In April 1959, the governments of Spain and 
Morocco signed the Treaty of Angra de Cintra. 
Morocco obtained the region of Tarfaya excluding 
the colonies of Sidi Ifni and the Spanish Sahara. 
The Spanish Colonial Forces withdrew from West 
Africa in 1975.
A very fine example of a rare medal.

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Item 100% original - original ribbon.

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