ARMY OF REPUBLIC BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (mostly Muslim)
SPECIAL UNIT ''HANDZAR DIVISION'' SPECIJALNA JEDINICA '' HANDŽAR DIVIZIJA''
In mid-1993 the Handzar Division was raised in Sarajevo. The division's chief
task was to serve as presidential guards, and as security for other
important Bosnian Muslim leaders. The division was composed of two bodies of
troops; the Handzar troops in Sarajevo numbered between 2 500 and 3 000, and
were considered as elite on ABiH standards. The second body of the division's
troops was a "back-up force" of 6 000 to 7 500 troops stationed in Fojnica.
Unlike its SS predecessor, this new Handzar Division was made up largely of
Muslims from outside of BiH. Most of them were ethnic Albanians, however, the
highest-ranking positions were filled with mujahedin veterans from Afghanistan
and Pakistan. By 1995 elements of the division were already involved in special
operations actions on the front-line, often alongside foreign mujahedin. Also in
1995 the transfer to Albania of most of the division's ethnic Albanian personnel
was initiated. Large size patch: 140 x 140 mm
This is extremely rare and 100% authentic sleeve patch from the recent war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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