Collectibles
The Official 1986 Moscow Goodwill Games Commemorative Pin Set
- Item Number
- 119
- Estimated Value
- 250 USD
- Opening Bid
- 75 USD
Item Description
Title: “The Official 1986 Moscow Goodwill Games Commemorative Pin Set”
Medium: mixed media; enameled pins
Size: 21-1/4” W x 17-1/4” H
Additional Information: This unusual historic piece includes 62 limited-production enameled pins of the flags of most of the countries participating in the first Goodwill Games in Moscow, Russia a quarter-century ago. They include countries whose names and and/or boundaries have changed such as Burma (now Myanmar); Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic and Slovakia); FRG (the Federal Republic of Germany, informally known as West Germany); GDR (the German Democratic Republic, formerly called East Germany); PRK (the people’s Republic of Korea, now known as North Korea); and the USSR (the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). The Goodwill Games was an international sports competition created in reaction to political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s and was intended to be a way to ease tensions during the Cold War through friendly athletic competition between nations. The first summer Goodwill Games, held in Moscow in 1986, featured 182 events and attracted more than 3,000 athletes representing 79 countries. With the end of the Cold War, the Games’ focus shifted toward youth initiatives. The Goodwill Games have been discontinued, making this piece even more significant.
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