
An enamel badge commemorating the first mass escape from Long Kesh in 1976, after prisoners from the National Liberation Army tunnelled their way out of the cages.
Image shows the badge which has a Red Mole with spade, a background of the Starry Plough flag and text that reads ARM SAOIRSE NAISUNTA NA H-EIREANN Cage 5 Long Kesh Escape 1976.
Badge 32 mm with brooch fixing.
For further background on the 'Red Moles' see the following article by Alex McGuigan on the IRSP website here: http://www.irsp.ie/Background/history/escape/
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Gorgeous badge
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