NEW ZEALAND S. A. S. Special Air Service Regiment SUPPORT Squadron Challenge Coin

Genuine and EXTREMELY HARD to come-by New Zealand Special Air Service GROUP (Pre-Regimental Status) The NZSAS was accorded regimental status in 2013. Support Squadron The Support Squadron is responsible for meeting the support needs of the NZSAS Regiment and includes logistics, intelligence, medical, administration and communications personnel.

Personnel are given specific trade training upon joining the Regiment as well as having the opportunity to complete other specialist courses such as parachuting. Qualified Support Squadron personnel wear the sand beret with their corps badge. The New Zealand Special Air Service, abbreviated as the NZSAS, was formed on 7 July 1955 and is the special forces unit of the New Zealand Army, closely modelled on the British Special Air Service (SAS).

It traces its origins to the Second World War and the famous Long Range Desert Group that New Zealanders served with. The New Zealand Government states that NZSAS is the "premier combat unit of the New Zealand Defence Force" and it has been operationally deployed to locations including the Pacific region, Afghanistan and the jungles of South-East Asia.

Individual members of the NZSAS have received honours and awards, most notably the Victoria Cross for New Zealand awarded to Corporal Willie Apiata. In 2004, the unit was awarded the United States Presidential Unit Citation for its contribution in Afghanistan. The NZSAS was accorded regimental status in 2013. It has the responsibility of conducting counter-terrorism and overseas special operations, and performing the disposal of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive hazards for military and civilian authorities. We will happily COMBINE these.......

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The item "NEW ZEALAND S. Special Air Service Regiment SUPPORT Squadron Challenge Coin" is in sale since Monday, January 7, 2019. This item is in the category "Collectables\Militaria\Other Militaria\SAS". The seller is "phillip_in_new_zealand" and is located in Auckland.

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Service: Special Forces
Type: Badges
Country/ Organization: New Zealand NZSAS Regiment SAS
Conflict: Gulf War (1990-1991)
Issued/ Not-Issued: Not-Issued
Era: 1945-Present
Country/Region of Manufacture: Singapore