{"product_id":"1953-czechoslovakia-festival-of-peace-and-fellowship-pin-badge","title":"1953 Czechoslovakia Festival of Peace and Fellowship Pin Badge","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e pretty, white coloured glass pin badge. The badge face is 2.6cm high and has a long stick pin style fastener to the rear. Featuring three people of different races standing together and holding a white dove,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe slogan around the edge reads 1953 FESTIVAL OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Soviets were 10 years behind the USA with nuclear weapon development and actively promoted any organisations that preached peace and equality.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_influence_on_the_peace_movement\"\u003eWorld Peace Council (WPC)\u003c\/a\u003e was set up by the Soviet Communist Party in 1948–50 to promote Soviet foreign policy and to campaign against nuclear weapons at a time when only the USA had them. The WPC and its members took the line that the world was divided between the peace-loving Soviet Union and the warmongering United States. From the 1950s until the late 1980s the Soviet Union used numerous organizations associated with the WPC to spread its view of peace. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Badgecrazy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58557946069340,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/3272\/8412\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-26185546.png?v=1786007147","url":"https:\/\/shop.badgecrazy.com\/products\/1953-czechoslovakia-festival-of-peace-and-fellowship-pin-badge","provider":"Badgecrazy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}