This recent Serbian addition to the collection features Kristal
Zaječar, a name to have appeared on
the radar even more recently than Timok, & a club about whom & whose
history it’s proved impossible thus far to unearth any information (although a
Kristal glassworks appears to have existed in the city, founded in 1965 &
productive until 1990ish, thus they might well be the factory football team, a hunch supported by the inclusion of a goblet-type icon within the design of the crest), but
another, however obscure, to find itself at least represented in the form of a
rather fine badge, again featuring the ever-desirable Cyrillic rendering of the
club’s name as well as a western alphabetical version, & a ‘Yugoslavian’
red star in addition to, in this instance, the detail of a little relief
football upon its surface, asserting its objecthood: clearly, it’s another of
those vintage objects to be sported with some style & regarded with nostalgic,
Ostalgic affection.
1 comment:
Yes you are right. It was one of many industry tied clubs that were formed in post WWII era in Yugoslavia. It is from same town as FC Timok - Zaječar.
An speaking of pins, FC Kristal could probably be nominated for the FC with most pins made :) Serbian collectors say there are around 1300
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