Australian Army United Nations brassard : Lance Corporal Martin Wallace, 1 Contingent MINURSO

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Accession Number REL25363
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Badge
Physical description Cotton fabric
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made c 1990-1991
Description

Australian Army, disruptive pattern camouflage, cotton cloth brassard. The brassard has an unofficial circular cloth patch at the top, which is green and printed with a bounding, gold coloured kangaroo across the centre. Below this is another circular cloth badge, a United Nations light blue globe emblem with United Nations written in English and French.

History / Summary

Associated with Lance Corporal Martin (Jock) Wallace. Wallace was a signaller with the first contingent (September 1991 – May 1992) to the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).