1985 Bohemians Prague Praha Kangaroo Mascot Football Club Anniversary Pin Badge

A pretty, vintage pin badge made in support of Bohemians FC Football club of Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1985, their 80th anniversary.

The badge face is 2.3cm high and has a long, stick pin style fastener to the rear.

In 1927 Australian football officials were looking for a European football club to come and tour. They decided on Czechoslovakia and approached Slavia Prague and Viktoria Žižkov who both declined. AFK Vršovice took up the offer.

Before leaving, the team looked for a suitable name as they felt the Australians would not know where Vršovice was, let alone be able to pronounce it. They decided on Bohemians (i.e. the Czechs), referring to the country/nation they were from and adopted the kangaroo as their mascot.