Vintage 1960-1970s Wiesbaden Germany Coat of Arms Heraldic Crest Pin Badge

Elegant metal pin badge from Germany  collected in the late 1960s through 1970s.

It displays the official heraldic crest of Wiesbaden and would make a lovely gift for someone with connections to this beautiful place or any avid Germanic or historical collector.

These kinds of tourist pins were collected by tourists back in the communist days, when foreign travel was out of the question for most citizens. You would buy a pin and wear it as a souvenier of your visit. These days there are no towns or attractions that produce these pins, which makes these old examples very special.

The heraldic crests themselves are usually steeped in history, most of the towns and cities in the Bohemia and Moravian areas started appearing around 700 to 800 years ago and the crests tell of battles against the Swedish or the invading Turks, of defending angels and Christ's Holy Grail. The heraldic crests today remain the same but people tend to forget the special origin and history of them.