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1973 Pioneer Czech Scouts Bicycle Race Pionýrský Závod míru ZMP Pin Badge
1973 Pioneer Czech Scouts Bicycle Race Pionýrský Závod míru ZMP Pin Badge
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- A silver coloured metal pin badge 6cm high with a long stick pin style pin fastener to the rear.
- From the Czechoslovak pioneer movement
- This is a rare pin badge from the Závod Miru Pionyrsky or Peace Race Pioneers. A race similar to the Zavod Miru, but for young pioneers.
- You can see the 1974 event on the Czech TV archives.
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After the 1948 takeover of power, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSC) formed two Soviet-style youth organizations: the Pionyr (Pioneers) for youngsters eight to fifteen years old and the Czechoslovak Union of Youth (CSM) for ages fifteen to twenty-five. Both organizations were geared toward grooming their members for Communist party membership.
The Pionyrs were very much like the boy scouts, but the CSM were more politically focused.
CSM membership was considered necessary for entrance to university or a professional career, so people often joined up regardless of their political leanings.
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