Limited Edition 1996 Atlanta Dated Cut-Out Somalia Giraffe Olympic NOC Pin

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Limited Edition Dated Cut-Out Somalia Giraffe Olympic NOC Pin
from the 1996 Centennial Summer Olympic Games held in Atlanta, USA.  1 1/4" high and 1" wide. New. Shipping is worldwide. Please see the scan for the actual pin listed.
Limited to only 2000 produced
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1996 Atlanta-
The 1996 Games were given a dramatic start when the cauldron was lit by Muhammad Ali. On 27 July during a concert held in the Centennial Olympic Park, a terrorist bomb killed one person and injured a further 110 people, but the Atlanta Games are best remembered for their sporting achievements. A record-setting 79 nations won medals and 53 won gold. Carl Lewis became only the third person to win the same individual event four times and the fourth person to earn a ninth gold medal. Naim Suleymanoglu became the first weightlifter to win a third gold medal. Michael Johnson smashed the 200m world record to complete a 200m and 400m double.
NOC Pins:
What is an NOC? A national Olympic Committee is the governing and coordinating Olympic organization within a specific nation. It works with the various national sports associations and federations, promotes the Olympic movement, fields national teams for regional and international competitions, and coordinates bids for candidate cities for future Games. Each committee is further associated with one of five continental Olympic Associations organized according to geographic location. The 200+ current NOCs are members of the IOC (International Olympic Committee).
Somalia-
The regime of Mohamed SIAD Barre was ousted in January 1991; turmoil, factional fighting, and anarchy have followed in the years since. In May of 1991, northern clans declared an independent Republic of Somaliland that now includes the administrative regions of Awdal, Woqooyi Galbeed, Togdheer, Sanaag, and Sool. Although not recognized by any government, this entity has maintained a stable existence, aided by the overwhelming dominance of a ruling clan and economic infrastructure left behind by British, Russian, and American military assistance programs. Somalia is located in Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, east of Ethiopia. The land area is 627,337 sq km and the 2005 population was 8,591,629.
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