Medal "Fight Against Bandits".

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Awarded in recognition of the outstanding participation in the warfare against bandits during first years of the the Revolution, and to have maintained a consequent attitude with the revolutionary principles.

Kind thanks to Rick Research for the images.

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One more image.

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Here is the Medal "Fight Against Bandits". This was awarded to members of the "Lucha Contra Bandidos" (Fight Against Bandits) that was an anti-insurgency force that was actively engaged in capturing or destroying all government opposition between 1959 and 1st October 1966. The rebels were primarily those who have served the old regime and dissident rural workers. The "Lucha Contra Bandidos" were ordered to sweep the countryside "elbow to elbow" to ensure no opposition was missed.

An extremely successful campaign for the government.

Figures of the numbers of participants and losses of either side are impossible at this time.

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Here is another example of the Medal that was founded in early 1991.

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Awarded to Sergio Fresco Cartigo on 16th April 1991.