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title: Kim Il-sung lapel badges on a school group, North Korea (photographed 2010)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kim-il-sung-badges-pyongyang-2010/
description: A group of teenage boys in white shirts walks together on a road, and each shirt carries a small red badge above the left breast pocket.
section: Collection
---

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# Kim Il-sung lapel badges on a school group, North Korea (photographed 2010)

A group of teenage boys in white shirts walks together on a road, and each shirt carries a small red badge above the left breast pocket. The photographer's description on Commons says these are Kim Il-sung badges and that more than 20 kinds exist, worn according to the wearer's class; the badge design cannot be resolved at this size. The tell: transfer, the leader's likeness is pinned to the body of ordinary citizens so that his standing is carried into daily life.

## Text on the object

Checked for printed text

No printed or legible text on the badges at the resolution of this photograph.

[← Kim Il-sung statue and Mansudae Grand Monument, Pyongyang (photographed 2010)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kim-il-sung-statue-mansudae-2010/) [Chollima Statue, Mansu Hill, Pyongyang (photographed 2014) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chollima-statue-pyongyang-2014/)

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