MATERIAL: Brass

TYPE: Pin

DIMENSIONS: The head of the brass pin is 5/8 in. wide, the pin is 2.25 in. long.

COMPONENTS: The enameled brass pin bears the emblem of the club which incorporates the initials of the club's name "VAC" into a dark blue Star of David.

ITEM ID: 5016

Budapest Jewish “Fencing and Athletics Club” Stickpin

Religious

Judaism, Origins of the Holocaust

DATE

Century: 20th (1901-2000)

Pre-war membership stickpin of the “Vívó és Atlétikai Club” (“Fencing and Athletics Club”), the first Hungarian sports club for Jews, founded in 1906.

Over the years, the club added football, swimming, water polo, table tennis, wrestling, basketball and tennis.

The club was banned during World War II, but reformed since then and has been participating in the Maccabi Games every year.

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