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Vintage Cheb Rampant Lion Coat of Arms Shield Crest Pin Badge
Vintage Cheb Rampant Lion Coat of Arms Shield Crest Pin Badge
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A very pretty 1960's gold coloured metal and enamel pin badge from former Czechoslovakia.
The badge face is 1.8cm high and has a long stick pin style fastener to the rear.
The original coat of arms for Cheb (Eger in German) was the German eagle, but this was changed in 1962 to the Bohemian lion with a socialist star atop.
- After the fall of communist it was restored in the late 1980's back to the eagle again.
- So this version of the coat of arms only lasted about 25 years and was symbolic of a rising nationalist sentiment and makes the badge very collectable.
