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1968 Skoda Car Company 50th Anniversary Czech Independence Pin Badge
1968 Skoda Car Company 50th Anniversary Czech Independence Pin Badge
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A golden coloured metal pin badge made in 1968 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the formation of Czechoslovakia in 1918.
The badge face is 1.6cm high and has a long, stick pin fastener.
- The text on the badge face features the skoda winged arrow logo and the dates 1918-1968. This would have been quite a nationalist stance for the compamny to take since 1968 was also the date of the Soviet Union's military 'normalisation' of Czechoslovakia.
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Skoda formed in 1859 as an armaments factory, produced their first Skoda branded car in 1905
Skoda produced modern cars up until the communist coup in 1948 whereupon they were largely cut off from Western markets. The 1960's onwards saw a range of production cars that were based on outdated designs.
Since the 1990's Skoda has been transformed by its partnership with VW of Germany into a very successful automotive company. Sales in 1991 were around 170 thousand new cars and in 2010 were 760 thousand.
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