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Czech Civil Forum OF Democracy of Vaclav Havel Smiling Face Pin Badge

Czech Civil Forum OF Democracy of Vaclav Havel Smiling Face Pin Badge

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  • A beautiful, smiling face OF badge 2.1cm wide, made of a silver coloured metal and with a long, stick pin style fastener to the rear.

 

  • In 1989 Czechoslovakia staged a revolution against the communist government, the OF was a political group made up of all parties opposed to the totalitarian regime and in the first free elections that the country had seen since WW2 thet secured over 80% of the vote.

    Vaclav Havel, a playwright, author and a man who was imprisoned and persecuted by the communists for his view, was elected as the head of the party.

    The transition of Czechoslovakia into a democratic state was arguably the most important date in the country's history, in a short number of years Czechoslovakia became the Czech Republic and Slovakia, joined NATO, became part of the shengen states and the EU.

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