The badge face is 1.9cm high and has a long, stick pin fastener to the rear.
This is a very nice Czech Radio tie or lapel pin badge in good condition.
It dates from after 1959. As from 1960 onwards all radio pins had CSSR denoting the Socialist State of Czechoslovakia.
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.
