Zaire, Republic. An Order Of Civic Merit, III Class Hold Flight Surgeon Badge (silvered metal

Flight Surgeon Badge (silvered metal

with an olive green felt exterior and red felt interior

and bordered by machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire tresses

with approximately 70% of its original gilt remaining

when he was "badly shaken up" from twelve hours of bombardment on July 10

Zaire, Republic. An Order Of Civic Merit, III Class Hold Flight Surgeon Badge (silvered metalIn bronze, measuring 34. 8 mm (w) x 42. 7 mm (h), very light contact, original ribbon, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Republic of Zaire was the name of a sovereign state between 1971 and 1997 in Central Africa that is now known as Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country was a one party totalitarian dictatorship, run by Mobutu Sese Seko and his ruling Popular Movement of the Revolution party. Zaire was established following Mobutu's seizure