Made from a gold coloured metal, the badge face is 1.3cm high and has a long, stick pin fastener to the rear. This is a very nice tie or lapel pin badge in excellent condition.
It dates from after 1959, after to the formation of the CSSR in 1960. As from 1960 onwards all radio Prague pins had 'CSSR' below the radio Prague text.
Historical Background.
The foremost broadcaster in former Czechoslovakia was the state owned Radio Prague.
The radio station first broadcast in 1936 and is still doing so today and has had a fascinating history.
In 1945 the Czech army seized control of radio Prague from the German SS company that had been stationed there to guard it.
In 1968 the invading Soviet army first secured Prague airport and the radio transmitters of radio Prague before the full scale invasion of the country. Radio Prague famously barricaded its doors and broadcast for Western assistance right up until the building was stormed by Soviet troops. The last broadcasts were used on newsreels worldwide.
Today Radio Prague offers a range of programming and still broadcasts mainly on short wave frequencies.
