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1969 Skoda Car Company 75th Anniversary Mlada Boleslav Factory Pin Badge
1969 Skoda Car Company 75th Anniversary Mlada Boleslav Factory Pin Badge
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- A golden coloured metal and enamel pin badge made in 1969 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Mlada Boleslav Skoda works, who manufactured their first car back in 1905 the L&K Voiturette A and opened in 1895
- The badge face is 1.9cm wide, has a long, stick pin fastener and features the Skoda winged arrow logo and the number 75
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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 The 1960's onwards saw a range of production cars that were based on outdated designs.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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