The badge face is 2cm high and has a long, stick pin fastener. It dates from the 1960's and is from former Czechoslovakia. The picture has the radio Prague transmitter logo with a star on top (the star was added after the communist coup of 1948) and has the text CSSR denoting the change of name from Czechoslovakia to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in 1960. Radio Prague pins prior to 1960 did not feature the CSSR text.
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.
