TYPE: Pin
DIMENSIONS: Pin is 1.5 in. long.
COMPONENTS: The pin bears the emblem of the club which incorporates the initials of the club's name "VAC" into a Star of David. The head of the pin is 5/8 in. wide with a ribbed edge.
ITEM ID: 4993
Budpest Jewish “Fencing and Athletics Club” Stickpin
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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