TEAR Armada Tercio Suit Pin

gemelolandia.com - Armada TEAR Tercio Suit Pin - Pin made of brass with gold plating and enamel, size 18 mm and thickness 1.2 mm.

The Tercio de Armada is an amphibious and expeditionary unit of the Marine Corps force consisting of the BRIMAR and the UB. The Tercio de Armada constitutes the Marine Expeditionary Force, its main task is to carry out military operations on the coast initiated from the sea, this fundamental mission corresponds to the BRIMAR Marine Infantry Brigade , which essentially is made up of combat units, combat support and combat service support units.

The Tercio de Armada was born in 1566 by HM Felipe II and participated exemplarily in the battle of Lepanto against the Turk in 1571, its men being the first to board the enemy Admiral's galley. In 1603 it was renamed the Old Tercio of the Royal Navy of the Ocean Sea; In 1704 it changed its name to the Bajeles Regiment, and in 1717 it joined the Marine Battalion Corps; It did not recover its old and traditional name until 1969, when it became the nucleus of the Marine Corps forces and recovered the name of Tercio de Armada.