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Superbly Rare Blank Piece - Bronze, Not Name Engraved, US Special Operations Association, Challenge Coin
Bronze - Special Operations Coin Measures - 1.6 inches( 3.8 cms ) Weighs - 27 Grammes (1 Ounce = 28 grammes)
Challenge Coin- Very Rare - Un-Named, Blank piece.
Extra Rare - Perfect for presentation as is, or for replacement of mislaid piece - This piece, full weight, full size, beautiful strike yet not engraved and in excellent condition.
Blank Unnamed - US SPECIAL OPERATIONS ASSOCIATION - BRONZE - CHALLENGE COIN - Vietnam War
Extra difficult to locate and without engraving superbly rare.
Vietnam War Original
Specifically, "why does a 1960's US Special Operations Challenge coin have Iran on it when US operations in Iran are generally thought to have happened well after the 1960's?"
In actual fact;
1953 Iranian coup d'état - In August 2013 theU.S. government formally acknowledged the U.S. role in the coup by releasing abulk of previously classified government documents that show it was in chargeof both the planning and the execution of the coup, including the bribing ofIranian politicians, security and army high-ranking officials, as well aspro-coup propaganda.
The CIA is quoted acknowledging the coup wascarried out "under CIA direction" and "as an act of U.S. foreignpolicy, conceived and approved at the highest levels of government"
The CIA, US Special Forces and Special Operation Units operated in Iran from as early as 1950.
