{"product_id":"vintage-czech-state-sports-association-cstv-3rd-class-athlete-award-pin-badge","title":"Vintage Czech State Sports Association CSTV 3rd Class Athlete Award Pin Badge","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA gold coloured metal, CSTV pin, it is 1.6cm in diameter and has a long, stick pin style fastener to the rear.\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt features the initials CSTV and the text VYKONNOSTNI TRIDA meaning Performance Class and is graded level 3.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe CSTV were formed in 1949 to bring all sports under a single, government run, governing body, similar to the sports model of the Soviet Union.\u003cbr\u003eThe CSTV would tour Czechoslovakia every 5 years to promote sports withing the country. Visiting schools, clubs and associations. The first tour was in 1957 and the last just before the European fall of communism in 1987.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Badgecrazy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56183232430428,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/3272\/8412\/files\/s-l1600-2025-12-08T211051.922.webp?v=1765269190","url":"https:\/\/shop.badgecrazy.com\/products\/vintage-czech-state-sports-association-cstv-3rd-class-athlete-award-pin-badge","provider":"Badgecrazy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}