1918 1968 CZECH FLAG STRAIGHT PIN LAPEL HAT CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Description

HERE IS A CZECHOSLOVAKIA FLAG PIN WITH 1918 ABOVE IT AND 1968 BELOW THE FLAG. IT IS SHOWN WITH A DIME FOR SIZE REFERENCE. IT IS MADE OF METAL AND THE TOP PORTION IS COVERED IN PLASTIC. OM THE BACK IS A CIRCLE WITH THE LETTERS MK IN IT. 1968 WAS THE DATE OF THE  PRAGUE SPRING, AN UPRISING AGAINST SOVIET CONTROL. HERE IS A LITTLE INFO:
On August 20,
1968
, the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an
invasion
of
Czechoslovakia
to crack down on reformist trends in
Prague
. ... The Czech economy had been slowing since the early 1960s, and cracks were emerging in the communist consensus as workers struggled against new challenges. THE PIN IS IN GOOD SHAPE LIGHT WEAR FROM HANDLING.