Zaire Congo Operation Shaba Commemorative Medal 1977 with Silver Palms of the French Foreign Legion

Zaire - Congo: Commemorative medal of the 
Operation Shaba with French silver palms 
(by the French Foreign Legion which was 
involved in the conflict). 
The Operation Shaba was a conflict in Zaire's 
Shaba (Katanga) Province which lasted from 
March 8, 1977 to May 26, 1977. 
The conflict began when the Front for the 
National Liberation of Congo (FNLC), a group 
of about 2,000 Katangan Congolese 
insurgents crossed the border into Shaba 
from Angola. 
The combined counter attack of the Armed 
Forces of Zaire, France, Morocco, Egypt, and 
Belgium finally drove the rebels out of Zaire.  

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post World War 2 - 1977

Item 100% original - ribbon original

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