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Valtiollisten Vankien Huoltoyhdistys Membership Badge. - kameli - 05-31-2003
same badge but from Finland.
MOPR has co-operation in many, many counries.
In Finland there was an organization called "Valtiollisten vankien huoltoyhdistys" (=VVHY).
VVHY means in English something like " Organization to help ´political prisons (judged by the government)".
It was "a fellow organization" for MOPR.
VVHY was established in 1924 and it´s activity was ended by the Finland´s goverment in 1930 because there was a law that all the communist organizations were illegal.
VVHY made badge for the members in 1928. The model of the badge came from MOPR:
Jussi-Pekka