Product Description : 1965 Karl Marx Stadt DDR German Philosopher Head 800th Anniversary Pin Badge - This is a pretty pin badge in excellent condition, 2.8cm high and made of metal with a safety clasp style fastener to the rear.
It celebrates the 800th anniversary of Karl Marx Stadt. Historical Background The German Democratic Republic - GDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik or DDR in German, informally called East Germany by the West) was the communist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany and in the East Berlin portion of the Allied-occupied capital city. The German Democratic Republic, which consisted geographically of northeast Germany rather than all of eastern Germany.
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