Soviet 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics Spasskaya Rings Tower Sports badge pin USSR For Sale

Soviet 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics Spasskaya Rings Tower Sports badge pin USSR
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Soviet 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics Spasskaya Rings Tower Sports badge pin USSR:
$3.99

This badge is from the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. 60 countries, including the USA, boycotted the summer Olympics that year...claiming it was because of the Afghanistan fiasco....but Angola, Laos, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Vietnam, Nicaragua, and Mozambique made their first appearence in any Olympics that year. the Soviet Union dominated the events and won 80 gold medals. East Germany came in second with 47. 4 years later, in Los Angeles, all Socialist Republics of the world and their allies boycotted those Olympics...and the entire Olympiad system started to fall apart. a couple years later, Ted Turner produced the Goodwill Games in order to get capitalist and Socialist countries competing athletically again.

This pin is about 0.625\" x 1.25\" and is enameled on agold metal. It features the Olympic rings below the Spasskaya Tower logo used for the 1980 Summer Games.

Shipping Policy:\"Free\"is shipped as a letter without tracking or insurance\"USPS First Class\"Domestic postage includes tracking number.\"USPS Priority\"is expedited shipping. \"Int\'l Letter\"shipped as a letter, usually with tracking.\"USPS First Class International\" includes tracking. For combined postage, i ask the full shipping price for the first badge or medal , and then an extra $0.50 for each item after (with extra discounts to orders of 6 badges/medals or more). If you purchase several items, please wait for me to send you an invoice with adjusted postage before paying. If will not allow you to request a total, I will refund overages after paying.ALWAYS SHIPS FROM USA.

Thank you for your interest in history and Socialism.



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