Description: FOR SALE IS THIS 1 1/2 INCH PINBACK BUTTON IN WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE GREAT SHAPE. HOWEVER, THAT IS JUST MY OPINION. SEE PHOTOS OF FRONT AND BACK FOR CONDITION, AND YOU BE THE JUDGE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE BIDDING OR BUYING. RETURNS ARE NOT ACCEPTED UNLESS THE ITEM IS NOT AS DESCRIBED OR AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTOS. GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC AND ORIGINAL AS DESCRIBED. I COMBINE SHIPPING CHARGES ON MULTIPLE ITEMS. PLEASE WAIT FOR OR REQUEST AN INVOICE WITH COMBINED SHIPPING CHARGE BEFORE PAYINGThis pin was issued and sold circa 1980s to raise funds & support for The Free Tibet Movement.At its peak in the 90s, Tibetan Freedom Concerts were held in support of it across the United States, Europe and Asia with backing from musicians and celebrities like the Beastie Boys, Blur and Richard Gere. People in the crowd and on the streets wore t-shirts calling for a free Tibet and nightclubs danced to chart hits like Banco de Gaia’s “Last train to Lhasa.” The pin displays The Potala Palace, is a dzong fortress, in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. It was the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas from 1649 to 1959, and was the seat of the Tibetan Buddhist Government. The palace was moderately damaged during the Tibetan uprising against the Chinese in 1959, when Chinese shells were launched into the palace's windows. It has been a museum since then, and a World Heritage Site since 1994. This item relates to the Hippie or Hippy Counterculture psychedelic Movement which included such topics as peace, protest, civil rights, radical, socialist, communist, anarchist, union labor strikes, drugs, marijuana, pot, weed, lsd, acid, sds, iww, anti draft, anti war, anti rotc, welfare rights, poverty, equal rights, integration, gay, women's rights, black panthers, black power, left wing, liberal, progressive political movement SHIPPING TO DESTINATIONS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES IS THROUGH USPS GROUND ADVANDAGE. CHARGE IS $5.50 OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES SHIPPING IS THROUGH EBAY'S GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM. EBAY SETS THE TERMS AND CHARGES.Thanks.
Price: 12.5 USD
Location: Ojai, California
End Time: 2024-08-15T22:22:33.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.5 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Pin
Theme: Politics
Country/Region of Manufacture: Vietnam
Country/Region: United States
