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1964 German Youth Gathering DDR Bear Berlin Brandenburg Gate FDJ Pin Badge

1964 German Youth Gathering DDR Bear Berlin Brandenburg Gate FDJ Pin Badge

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  • A gold coloured metal badge with a 2.6cm diameter face and a safety clasp style fastener to the rear. The bear is holding the Brandenburg Gate
    The face has a picture of a bear, the symbol of Berlin and the text 'German Youth Meeting Berlin Capital City of the DDR'
  • This badge was produced for the third and final "Deutschlandtreffen der Jugend" (German Youth Gathering), which took place from May 16 to May 18, 1964, over the Pentecost (Pfingsten) holiday weekend.
  • The event was organized by the Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ), the official state-run youth organization of socialist East Germany. These large-scale festivals drew hundreds of thousands of young people to East Berlin for political rallies, cultural events, sports, and propaganda efforts aimed at showcasing life under the East German socialist system
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