Collectable and rare. Fishing pin badges have become increasingly difficult to find and prices are rising all the time. As an avid fisherman I have collected angler's pin badges from all over the world. I have exchanged membership pins with fellow fisherman and built friendships from a simple gift.
Much like anglers, hobbyist fish keepers also wore pin badges of their local aquarist association and some aquarium shops produced badges, often with beautiful tropical angelfish logos.
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Vintage Czechoslovakia Carp Fish Hook Trout Fishing Angling Pin Badge
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Vintage Fishing Angling Bass Fish Brooch Pin Badge
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Vintage Sea Bass Fishing Angling Fish Brooch Pin Badge
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Vintage Giant Catfish Fishing River Angling Fish Brooch Pin Badge
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Vintage Porbeagle Shark Fishing Sea Fish Brooch Pin Badge
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Vintage Pike Fishing River Fish Brooch Pin Badge
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Vintage Carp Fishing Fish Brooch Pin Badge
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1981 Tropical Aquarium Guppy Fish 1st International Show Liberec Pin Badge
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Vintage CSRS CRS Fishing Association Cesky Krumlov Czech Pin Badge
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Vintage ZZMP Poland Trade Union of Seamen and Port Workers Pin Badge
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1978 Stenovice CSRS Fishing Association Czech 30th Anniversary Pin Badge
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Vintage CSRS CRS Fishing Association Hradec Kralove Czech Pin Badge
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Vintage CSRS Fishing Association Krimice 50th Anniversary Pin Badge
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1967 CSRS Fishing Angling Association 10th Anniversary Pin Badge
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Vintage Jablonec CSRS Fishing Association Czech 20th Anniversary Pin Badge
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Vintage Tokoz Fishing Reels Czechoslovakia Fish Logo Plastic Pin Badge
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Collection: Tropical Fish and Sports Fishing
A selection of high quality, vintage fishing association pins, club anniversary badges and fisherman awards.
Advertising pins from aquarist clubs and aquarium fish stores that were part of a hugely popular hobby craze in the past.
The majority of items are from the Czech Angling Association (CRS) which is still very active today. They mostly date back to when the country was known as Czechoslovakia.
Fishing in Central Europe
The entire region of Czechoslovakia was heavily invested into aquaculture. Monasteries adopted carp ponds back in the 12th century. These were a ready source of food during religious festivals that banned the consuption of meat.
Carp became the traditional Christmas feast. Czech Familes brought their live fish home. Kept it in the bath to keep it fresh. Then killed and gutted it on the 24th of December.
GUIDE TO THE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
The older badges are usually metal only, with plastic making a brief appearance after world war 2 when metal was scarce. Then in the 1950's baked enamel manufacturing techniques were developed. These were very popular and opened up designs to a world of colours that lasted well over time.
The late 1970's and 1980's saw the introduction of a more accurate method of a coloured plastic shield glued onto the metal badge face. Effective but not as pretty as the older methods.