{"product_id":"vintage-czech-pioneer-youth-association-zavod-miru-bicycle-peace-race-pin-badge","title":"Vintage Czech Pioneer Youth Association Zavod Miru Bicycle Peace Race Pin Badge","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn gold coloured metal pin badge from the former communist Pioneer Movement. The badge face is 2.2cm in diameter and has a long, stick pin style fastener to the rear. Featuring the text 'Zavod Miru Pionyru' and featuring a bicycle wheel with the pionyr flag logo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peace_Race\"\u003eZavod Miru or PEACE RACE\u003c\/a\u003e was a non professional bicycle race held in Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia launched immediately after World War 2. This would have been from a Pioneer event that emulated the famous bike race.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pion%C3%BDr_(Czech_Republic)\"\u003eCzechoslovak pioneer movement\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the 1948 takeover of power, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSC) formed two Soviet-style youth organizations: the Pionyr (Pioneers) for youngsters eight to fifteen years old and the Czechoslovak Union of Youth (CSM) for ages fifteen to twenty-five. Both organizations were geared toward grooming their members for Communist party membership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Pionyrs were very much like the boy scouts, but the CSM were more politically focused.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Badgecrazy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58700014649692,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/3272\/8412\/files\/Screenshot2026-08-18091505.png?v=1787037508","url":"https:\/\/shop.badgecrazy.com\/products\/vintage-czech-pioneer-youth-association-zavod-miru-bicycle-peace-race-pin-badge","provider":"Badgecrazy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}