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Vintage Pioneer Czech Scouts International Youth Jamboree MTM Pin Badge
Vintage Pioneer Czech Scouts International Youth Jamboree MTM Pin Badge
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- A gold coloured metal pin badge 2.2cm high with a long stick pin style pin fastener to the rear.
- From the Czechoslovak pioneer movement
- Featuring three children of different ethnicities, united by the Czech and Soviet flags representing their neck ties. MTM stands for Mezinárodního tábora mládeže or International Youth Camp,
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After 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.
The Pionyrs were very much like the boy scouts, but the CSM were more politically focused.
CSM membership was considered necessary for entrance to university or a professional career, so people often joined up regardless of their political leanings.
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