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Product Description :
1950's Tesla Kovo Loudspeaker Musical Speaker Systems Equipment Pin Badge
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A pretty Tesla advertising pin from the 1950's featuring a pair of loudspeakers. It is made from a gold coloured metal and the badge face is 1.4cm in diameter with a long, stick pin fastener to the rear.
Historical Background.
Tesla in Prague was formed by Czech inventor Frantisek Krizik, (8 July 1847 – 22 January, 1941).
He was a Czech engineer, industrialist and inventor. His most famous invention was the self-regulating arc lamp but he also invented the light fountain, improved electric trams, and many other devices.
TESLA had a state-sponsored monopoly on electronics production in communist Czechoslovakia, and produced nearly all electronic products in the country until 1989.
The company had a large number of subsidiaries,
- Tesla Karlin, Vrsovice and Strašnice (TV and broadcast industries)
- Tesla Holesovice Hloubětín (bulbs)
- Tesla Liberec (recorders, equipment fire alarm)
- Tesla Kolin (radio),
- Tesla Hradec Kralove (components)
- Tesla Pardubice (tape recorders and transmission equipment)
- Tesla Prelouc (tape)
- Tesla Lanskroun (capacitors and transistors)
- Tesla Vrchlabi (vacuum tubes, LED)
- Tesla Jihlava (car components)
- Tesla Brno (exchanges and amplifiers)
- Tesla Litovel (record players, remote controls)
- Tesla Roznov (vacuum tubes, integrated circuits, televisions)
- Tesla Valasske Mezirici (speakers),
- Tesla Blansko (meters)
- Tesla Bratislava (radio)
- Tesla Orava (TV)
- Tesla Stropkov (phones and PBX)
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