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.
- Date
- September 6, 2010
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- DPRK state (badge maker not named); worn by the public
- Region
- East Asia
- Country
- North Korea
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- State
- Leader
- Kim Il Sung
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Leader
- Kim Jong Un
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 2.0 (photographer Roman Harak via Flickr; Commons file page states licence)
Roman Harak (Flickr), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Text on the object
No printed or legible text on the badges at the resolution of this photograph.
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