c1973-80 Rhodesia Rhodesian Selous Scouts 1st Patt Stable Belt

Scarce, 1st Pattern / Type Selous Scouts stable belt, small size. Buckle is first pattern (no Reutler markings). 2 small holes in webbing on each end of belt (see pics) when it was affixed in a frame otherwise, VGC. 

The Selous Scouts /səˈluː/ was a special forces unit of the Rhodesian Army that operated during the Rhodesian Bush War from 1973 until the reconstitution of the country as Zimbabwe in 1980. It was mainly responsible for infiltrating the black majority population of Rhodesia and collecting intelligence on insurgents so that they could be attacked by regular elements of the security forces. The unit did this by forming small teams that posed as insurgents and usually included captured insurgents. Over time, the Selous Scouts increasingly attacked insurgents themselves and operated in the countries that neighboured Rhodesia.