{"title":"WFDY World Federation of Democratic Youth","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"1959-wfdy-world-youth-festival-vienna-austria-democratic-federation-pin-badge","title":"1959 WFDY World Youth Festival Vienna Austria Democratic Federation Pin Badge","description":"\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eA gold metal badge with a 2.4cm wide badge face and a long, stick pin style fastener to the rear.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an historic pin badge from the 1959 7th World Youth Festival held in Vienna Austria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe organisation was formed in Great Britain in 1945, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ry-jm.ycl-ljc.ca\/75-years-of-wfdy\/\"\u003eover 75 years ago\u003c\/a\u003e, to unite the youth of the allied nations after WW2. It was, broadly speaking, an anti-fascist, anti-imperialist, world peace movement. 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The General Secretary of WFDY was the former head of the Youth Communist Movement and the organisation became the subject of CIA scrutiny.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere have been many notable speakers at the conferences including Gagarin, Castro, Arafat, Mandela and Putin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe World Festival of Youth and Students is an international event, organized by the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wfdy.org\/\"\u003eWorld Federation of Democratic Youth\u003c\/a\u003e (WFDY), a left-wing youth organization, jointly with the International Union of Students since 1947.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere have been 18 events to date, the first was in Prague two years after the end of WW2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1947 Czechoslovakia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1949 Hungary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1951 East Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1953 Romania\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1955 Poland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1957 Soviet Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1959 Austria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1962 Finland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1968 Bulgaria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1973 East Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1978 Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1985 Soviet Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1989 North Korea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1997 Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2001 Algeria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2005 Venezuela\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2010 South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2017 Russia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Badgecrazy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407974277468,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/3272\/8412\/files\/Screenshot2024-09-22114932.png?v=1727000045"},{"product_id":"1959-wfdy-world-youth-festival-democratic-federation-pin-badge","title":"1978 WFDY World Youth Festival Castro Cuba Democratic Federation Pin Badge","description":"\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eA silver metal badge with a 2cm wide badge face and a long, stick pin style fastener to the rear.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an historic pin badge from the 1978 11th World Youth Festival held in Cuba and attended by Fidel Castro himself. So there's a very good chance this badge was in close proximity to the late Fidel Castro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe organisation was formed in Great Britain in 1945, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ry-jm.ycl-ljc.ca\/75-years-of-wfdy\/\"\u003eover 75 years ago\u003c\/a\u003e, to unite the youth of the allied nations after WW2. It was, broadly speaking, an anti-fascist, anti-imperialist, world peace movement. However, around this time the post war political atmosphere was edging towards East \/ West division and the organisation was suspected of having pro socialist leanings. The General Secretary of WFDY was the former head of the Youth Communist Movement and the organisation became the subject of CIA scrutiny.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere have been many notable speakers at the conferences including Gagarin, Castro, Arafat, Mandela and Putin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe World Festival of Youth and Students is an international event, organized by the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wfdy.org\/\"\u003eWorld Federation of Democratic Youth\u003c\/a\u003e (WFDY), a left-wing youth organization, jointly with the International Union of Students since 1947.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere have been 18 events to date, the first was in Prague two years after the end of WW2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1947 Czechoslovakia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1949 Hungary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1951 East Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1953 Romania\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1955 Poland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1957 Soviet Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1959 Austria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1962 Finland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1968 Bulgaria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1973 East Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1978 Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1985 Soviet Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1989 North Korea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1997 Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2001 Algeria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2005 Venezuela\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2010 South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2017 Russia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Badgecrazy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408194216284,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/3272\/8412\/files\/Screenshot2024-09-22120250.png?v=1727007023"},{"product_id":"1978-wfdy-world-youth-festival-castro-cuba-democratic-federation-pin-badge-copy","title":"1973 WFDY World Youth Festival East Germany Democratic Federation Pin Badge","description":"\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eA silver metal badge with a 2cm wide badge face and a long, stick pin style fastener to the rear.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an historic pin badge from the 1973 10th World Youth Festival held in East Germany and comes in regular logo colour or the newly introduced pink trialled in this year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe organisation was formed in Great Britain in 1945, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ry-jm.ycl-ljc.ca\/75-years-of-wfdy\/\"\u003eover 75 years ago\u003c\/a\u003e, to unite the youth of the allied nations after WW2. It was, broadly speaking, an anti-fascist, anti-imperialist, world peace movement. However, around this time the post war political atmosphere was edging towards East \/ West division and the organisation was suspected of having pro socialist leanings. 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The badge features a modified flower logo of the WFDY.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe text SFMS is Czech language for Svetovy Festival Mladeze a Studenstva, or WORLD FESTIVAL FOR YOUTH AND STUDENTS\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an historic pin badge from the 1989 13th World Youth Festival held in Pchjongjang, the capital city of North Korea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe organisation was formed in Great Britain in 1945, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ry-jm.ycl-ljc.ca\/75-years-of-wfdy\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/ry-jm.ycl-ljc.ca\/75-years-of-wfdy\/\"\u003eover 75 years ago\u003c\/a\u003e, to unite the youth of the allied nations after WW2. It was, broadly speaking, an anti-fascist, anti-imperialist, world peace movement. However, around this time the post war political atmosphere was edging towards East \/ West division and the organisation was suspected of having pro socialist leanings. The General Secretary of WFDY was the former head of the Youth Communist Movement and the organisation became the subject of CIA scrutiny.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere have been many notable speakers at the conferences including Gagarin, Castro, Arafat, Mandela and Putin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe World Festival of Youth and Students is an international event, organized by the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wfdy.org\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.wfdy.org\/\"\u003eWorld Federation of Democratic Youth\u003c\/a\u003e (WFDY), a left-wing youth organization, jointly with the International Union of Students since 1947.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere have been 18 events to date, the first was in Prague two years after the end of WW2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1947 Czechoslovakia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1949 Hungary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1951 East Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1953 Romania\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1955 Poland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1957 Soviet Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1959 Austria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1962 Finland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1968 Bulgaria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1973 East Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1978 Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1985 Soviet Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1989 North Korea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1997 Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2001 Algeria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2005 Venezuela\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2010 South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2017 Russia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Badgecrazy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408260309340,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/3272\/8412\/files\/Screenshot2024-09-22120346.png?v=1727008839"},{"product_id":"1962-wfdy-world-youth-festival-helsinki-student-federation-pin-badge","title":"1962 WFDY World Youth Festival Helsinki Student Federation Pin Badge","description":"\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eA silver coloured metal badge with a 1.8cm high badge face and a long stick pin style fastener to the rear. The badge features the flower logo of the WFDY (in light blue) and the text VIII Festival Helsinki.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an historic pin badge from the 1962 8th World Youth Festival that was held in the city of Helsinki.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe organisation was formed in Great Britain in 1945, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ry-jm.ycl-ljc.ca\/75-years-of-wfdy\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/ry-jm.ycl-ljc.ca\/75-years-of-wfdy\/\"\u003eover 75 years ago\u003c\/a\u003e, to unite the youth of the allied nations after WW2. It was, broadly speaking, an anti-fascist, anti-imperialist, world peace movement. However, around this time the post war political atmosphere was edging towards East \/ West division and the organisation was suspected of having pro socialist leanings. The General Secretary of WFDY was the former head of the Youth Communist Movement and the organisation became the subject of CIA scrutiny.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere have been many notable speakers at the conferences including Gagarin, Castro, Arafat, Mandela and Putin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe World Festival of Youth and Students is an international event, organized by the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wfdy.org\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.wfdy.org\/\"\u003eWorld Federation of Democratic Youth\u003c\/a\u003e (WFDY), a left-wing youth organization, jointly with the International Union of Students since 1947.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere have been 18 events to date, the first was in Prague two years after the end of WW2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1947 Czechoslovakia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1949 Hungary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1951 East Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1953 Romania\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1955 Poland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1957 Soviet Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1959 Austria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1962 Finland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1968 Bulgaria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1973 East Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1978 Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1985 Soviet Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1989 North Korea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1997 Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2001 Algeria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2005 Venezuela\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2010 South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2017 Russia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Badgecrazy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412559176028,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/3272\/8412\/files\/Screenshot2024-09-22115352.png?v=1727093759"},{"product_id":"1985-wfdy-world-youth-festival-moscow-student-federation-pin-badge","title":"1985 WFDY World Youth Festival Moscow Student Federation Pin Badge","description":"\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eA gold coloured metal badge with a 2.3cm wide badge face and a long stick pin style fastener to the rear. The badge features the multicoloured logo of the SFMS that was in use for the 1985 Soviet Union event.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is an historic pin badge, made for the 1985 12th World Youth Festival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe organisation was formed in Great Britain in 1945, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ry-jm.ycl-ljc.ca\/75-years-of-wfdy\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/ry-jm.ycl-ljc.ca\/75-years-of-wfdy\/\"\u003eover 75 years ago\u003c\/a\u003e, to unite the youth of the allied nations after WW2. It was, broadly speaking, an anti-fascist, anti-imperialist, world peace movement. However, around this time the post war political atmosphere was edging towards East \/ West division and the organisation was suspected of having pro socialist leanings. The General Secretary of WFDY was the former head of the Youth Communist Movement and the organisation became the subject of CIA scrutiny.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere have been many notable speakers at the conferences including Gagarin, Castro, Arafat, Mandela and Putin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe World Festival of Youth and Students is an international event, organized by the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wfdy.org\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.wfdy.org\/\"\u003eWorld Federation of Democratic Youth\u003c\/a\u003e (WFDY), a left-wing youth organization, jointly with the International Union of Students since 1947.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere have been 18 events to date, the first was in Prague two years after the end of WW2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1947 Czechoslovakia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1949 Hungary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1951 East Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1953 Romania\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1955 Poland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1957 Soviet Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1959 Austria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1962 Finland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1968 Bulgaria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1973 East Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1978 Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1985 Soviet Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1989 North Korea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1997 Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2001 Algeria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2005 Venezuela\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2010 South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2017 Russia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Badgecrazy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412571103580,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/3272\/8412\/files\/Screenshot2024-09-22120403.png?v=1727094002"},{"product_id":"1978-wfdy-world-youth-festival-castro-cuba-student-sports-events-pin-badge","title":"1978 WFDY World Youth Festival Castro Cuba Student Sports Events Pin Badge","description":"\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eA silver coloured metal badge with a 3.8cm wide badge face and a long stick pin style fastener to the rear. The badge features the flower logo of the WFDY and a running athlete.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an historic pin badge from the 1978 11th World Youth Festival held in Cuba and attended by Fidel Castro himself. So there's a very good chance this badge was in close proximity to the late Fidel Castro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe organisation was formed in Great Britain in 1945, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ry-jm.ycl-ljc.ca\/75-years-of-wfdy\/\"\u003eover 75 years ago\u003c\/a\u003e, to unite the youth of the allied nations after WW2. It was, broadly speaking, an anti-fascist, anti-imperialist, world peace movement. However, around this time the post war political atmosphere was edging towards East \/ West division and the organisation was suspected of having pro socialist leanings. 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The General Secretary of WFDY was the former head of the Youth Communist Movement and the organisation became the subject of CIA scrutiny.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere have been many notable speakers at the conferences including Gagarin, Castro, Arafat, Mandela and Putin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe World Festival of Youth and Students is an international event, organized by the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wfdy.org\/\"\u003eWorld Federation of Democratic Youth\u003c\/a\u003e (WFDY), a left-wing youth organization, jointly with the International Union of Students since 1947.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere have been 18 events to date, the first was in Prague two years after the end of WW2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1947 Czechoslovakia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1949 Hungary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1951 East Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1953 Romania\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1955 Poland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1957 Soviet Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1959 Austria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1962 Finland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1968 Bulgaria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1973 East Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1978 Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1985 Soviet Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1989 North Korea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1997 Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2001 Algeria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2005 Venezuela\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2010 South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2017 Russia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/3272\/8412\/files\/Screenshot_2024-10-08_192944.png?v=1728408755\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Badgecrazy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49506767176028,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/3272\/8412\/files\/Screenshot_2024-10-09_085648.png?v=1728457455"},{"product_id":"1947-wfdy-world-youth-festival-prague-student-federation-pin-badge","title":"1947 WFDY World Youth Festival Prague Student Federation Pin Badge","description":"\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eA gold, silver or bronze coloured metal badge with a 2.2cm high badge face and a long stick pin style fastener to the rear. The badge features the text WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL PRAHA 1947\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is an historic pin badge, made for the 1947 inaugural World Youth Festival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe organisation was formed in Great Britain in 1945, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ry-jm.ycl-ljc.ca\/75-years-of-wfdy\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/ry-jm.ycl-ljc.ca\/75-years-of-wfdy\/\"\u003eover 75 years ago\u003c\/a\u003e, to unite the youth of the allied nations after WW2. It was, broadly speaking, an anti-fascist, anti-imperialist, world peace movement. However, around this time the post war political atmosphere was edging towards East \/ West division and the organisation was suspected of having pro socialist leanings. The General Secretary of WFDY was the former head of the Youth Communist Movement and the organisation became the subject of CIA scrutiny.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere have been many notable speakers at the conferences including Gagarin, Castro, Arafat, Mandela and Putin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe World Festival of Youth and Students is an international event, organized by the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wfdy.org\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.wfdy.org\/\"\u003eWorld Federation of Democratic Youth\u003c\/a\u003e (WFDY), a left-wing youth organization, jointly with the International Union of Students since 1947.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere have been 18 events to date, the first was in Prague two years after the end of WW2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1947 Czechoslovakia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1949 Hungary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1951 East Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1953 Romania\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1955 Poland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1957 Soviet Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1959 Austria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1962 Finland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1968 Bulgaria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1973 East Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1978 Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1985 Soviet Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1989 North Korea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1997 Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2001 Algeria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2005 Venezuela\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2010 South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2017 Russia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Badgecrazy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49507145711964,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/3272\/8412\/files\/Screenshot_2024-10-09_085740.png?v=1728457145"},{"product_id":"vintage-wfdy-world-youth-festival-all-india-federation-pin-badge","title":"Vintage WFDY World Youth Festival All India Federation Communist Pin Badge","description":"\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA silver coloured metal badge with a 2.2cm wide badge face and a long stick pin style fastener to the rear. The badge features the text \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_India_Youth_Federation#:~:text=The%20All%20India%20Youth%20Federation%20(AIYF)%20is%20a%20nationwide%20youth\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_India_Youth_Federation#:~:text=The%20All%20India%20Youth%20Federation%20(AIYF)%20is%20a%20nationwide%20youth\"\u003eALL INDIA YOUTH FEDERATION\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe All India Youth Federation (AIYF) is a nationwide youth organisation of Communist Party of India founded on May 3, 1959. 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The General Secretary of WFDY was the former head of the Youth Communist Movement and the organisation became the subject of CIA scrutiny.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere have been many notable speakers at the conferences including Gagarin, Castro, Arafat, Mandela and Putin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe World Festival of Youth and Students is an international event, organized by the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wfdy.org\/\"\u003eWorld Federation of Democratic Youth\u003c\/a\u003e (WFDY), a left-wing youth organization, jointly with the International Union of Students since 1947.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere have been 18 events to date, the first was in Prague two years after the end of WW2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1947 Czechoslovakia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1949 Hungary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1951 East Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1953 Romania\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1955 Poland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1957 Soviet Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1959 Austria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1962 Finland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1968 Bulgaria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1973 East Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1978 Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1985 Soviet Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1989 North Korea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1997 Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2001 Algeria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2005 Venezuela\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2010 South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2017 Russia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Badgecrazy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53662615339356,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/3272\/8412\/files\/Screenshot_2026-08-16_104817.png?v=1786871507"},{"product_id":"1959-wfdy-world-vii-7th-youth-festival-moscow-peace-pin-badge","title":"1957 WFDY World VI 6th Youth Festival Moscow Peace Flower Pin Badge","description":"\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eA gold coloured metal badge with a 2.1cm wide badge face and a safety clasp  style fastener to the rear.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an historic pin badge from the 1957 6th World Youth Festival that was held in Moscow, The slogan reads 'for Peace and Friendship' in Russian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe organisation was formed in Great Britain in 1945, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ry-jm.ycl-ljc.ca\/75-years-of-wfdy\/\"\u003eover 75 years ago\u003c\/a\u003e, to unite the youth of the allied nations after WW2. 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