Material: Silvered metal
Size: 12mm w x 15mm h
Description: This miniature stickpin badge is struck from a silver-toned white metal or silvered brass alloy. The visual layout highlights a classic heraldic fleur-de-lis, customized across its central petal with an applied heart-shaped heater shield. Engraved inside the central shield boundary is the double-tailed Bohemian rampant lion (Český lev), which is shown looking to the left with an open mouth and raised paws. The reverse face features a completely flat, un-hallmarked profile that is soldered directly to a long, thin, vertically extended needle pin designed to pierce through civilian formal jacket lapels or heavy scout uniform neckerchiefs.
Circa: 1919-1938
Notes:
This highly specific badge was issued by Junák – český skaut, the largest national scouting organization in the former state of Czechoslovakia. Formed shortly after the country declared independence following World War I, Junák uniquely integrated the global scouting framework established by Lord Baden-Powell with deep-rooted Slavic folklore and state identity emblems. Militaria and philatelic collectors highly prize this interwar stickpin variant because the organization was brutally suppressed and banned three separate times—first by the occupying Nazi regime in 1940, and later by communist authorities in 1950 and 1970. Due to these systematic purges and historical clampdowns, very few original 1920s and 1930s membership items survived destruction, making verified Bohemian lion shield variants incredibly scarce.