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1974 Skoda Super Estelle 105 120 Classic Czech Car Pin Badge
1974 Skoda Super Estelle 105 120 Classic Czech Car Pin Badge
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A pretty gold coloured metal pin badge with a 2.9cm wide badge face and a long, stick pin style fastener to the rear.
Featuring the Skoda Estelle, known as the model 105 or 120 in Czechoslovakia.The badge was part of a set of 10 badges produced by Skoda in 1974 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Auto Skoda. You can see the full set below.
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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 The 1960's onwards saw a range of production cars that were based on outdated designs.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.
