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1961 Communist East Germany May Day 1st First Mai DDR GDR German Pin Badge

1961 Communist East Germany May Day 1st First Mai DDR GDR German Pin Badge

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  • This is a rare gold coloured metal badge from the 1961 East German May Day celebrations. Featuring a red flag and the text 1 MAI 1961.
  • The badge has a safety clasp style fastener and is 2.6cm wide.
  • May day parades have always been based around the welcoming of springtime after the long, cold winter. Typically youth groups and fraternal organisations would parade down the streets along a specified route. Trade unions and the military would also march the route bearing banners and flags creating quite a spectacle.
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