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Olympic pin
OEM
FUN DESIGN: Prove that you're ready for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games by sporting this patriotic themed pin with the 2024 Summer Olympics Logo.
ULTIMATE COLLECTORS PIN: The perfect souvenir to put on a hat, shirt collar, lapel or backpack!
GO TEAM CHINA !OFFICIALLY LICENSED PRODUCT: Made and Designed by CUSTOM the Exclusive Pin Manufacturer for the Olympic Games.
GREAT GIFT IDEA: Purchase this pin for yourself or gift it to the Olympic fan in your life!
If you've ever had the opportunity to attend an Olympic Games event, you've probably seen the countless trading booths boasting books upon books filled with commemorative Olympic pins from current and past games. These small trinkets are such an integral part of the Olympic experience that even competitors, planners, and members of the press participate in this unique global tradition. Take a look at why these pins were first created and how they became a fixture of the Olympic experience today.
During the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 - hosted by Greece and held in Athens - the host nation decided that they needed to have something that the people who were involved in the spectacle could wear so that the audiences could differentiate them from the rest of the crowd. Thus, a colorful identification badge emerged, and the insular pin history ended in 1912 when the first official souvenir Olympic pins were offered in Stockholm.
For nearly 70 years, these pins were privately traded between Olympians and those who were involved in running the huge events. It wasn't until the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid that pin trading began in earnest, with the international audience collecting colorful enamel, metal, and painted pins from the games. Trading became such a large event that the Coca-Cola Company established the first official pin trading center in 1988. Now, each Olympic games have sponsored trading posts for pin lovers to meet with one another and trade their wares.
