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Cuban 26 Julio Armband

nkomo: ADMIN; Name : Arch
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Cuban 26 Julio Armband

Post by nkomo Mon May 18, 2009 8:21 pm

This is a Cuban 26 Julio armband that was brought back by a US soldier in the late 1950's. He traded a pack of cigarettes for this armband. This one came straight from one of Castro's men. The material the armband is made of is a velveteen type material.
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nkomo

nkomo: ADMIN; Name : Arch
Location : Kentucky, USA
Registration date : 2009-02-13
Number of posts : 3324

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Re: Cuban 26 Julio Armband

Post by nkomo Mon May 18, 2009 8:37 pm

For those of you who don't know what the 26 de Julio Movement was...here is a wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_of_July_Movement

I know Wiki isn't a scholarly source...but they do give some good basic information sometimes.
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Always looking for Central American militaria 1965 to 1991. Especially items relating to Coronel Velasquez El Salvador Armed Forces

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