4 MACCABI PINS - EUROPE, 1930’S

1. Maccabi pin Krakow- 1929. Golden pin painted with some blue. In its center: a Star of David. Marking 20 years to the Maccabi branch in Krakow. On the pin: “Z.K.S. Maccabi Krakow 1909-1929”.
Maccabi Krakow was formed by a small group of Jewish youth, that decided to open a sport club that will be called Maccabi, and its colors would be blue and white. During the years 1909-1929 the club became the biggest and most experienced Jewish sports club in Poland.
2. Round pendant, in its center a Star of David, interwoven are the letters M’A’C’A’B’I. The background is blue.
3. A pin with the Hebrew writing “The Competitions Maccabi”, from Prague, 23-27.08.1933. Signed- Pichl.
These “competitions” where the last European Maccabia. The pin has an unusual shape- it is rectangular with two heads over it.
4. Maccabi blue and white pin in the shape of the Hebrew letter “Mem”. In its center a Star of David with the words “MACCABI ZAGREB”.
The global Maccabi movement is a Zionist sport organization that was founded according to the vision of Max Nordau, author of the “Muscled Judaism” idea. Judah the Maccabi was the movement’s inspiration for its name. The first sports club of Maccabi was founded in Constantinople in 1895, when a group of young Jews were turned down when they asked to join a local sports club. The Constantinople branch of Maccabi was very successful, and the founding of many more branches, throughout Europe, came in its wake.
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