La Pasionaria Eco-Metal Pin Badge (4cm by 3cm)

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La Pasionaria Eco-Metal Pin Badge (4cm by 3cm)

A favourite of many people, this statue, on Clyde Street in Glasgow, is a memorial to the 2,100 British volunteers who fought for the Republican cause against Franco’s fascist forces in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939. Of these, 534 died, including 65 from Glasgow. The statue was created by Arthur Dooley and was erected in 1979. It features Dolores Ibarruri, known as La Pasionaria (the Passionflower), an activist renowned for her passionate speeches. The plinth for the statue (not shown in this photo) features Ibarruri’s slogan ‘It’s better to die on your feet than live for ever on your knees’. This is one of only three statues of real, non-royal women in Glasgow, and the only non-Scottish one. Ibarruri was born in 1895 and died in 1989, some ten years after this statue was created.

This recycled metal pin badge features a high quality print of this image, which is then covered in a protective acrylic dome. On the back is a single pin with a butterfly clasp to keep it securely in place. The badge is 4cm by 3cm in size and comes mounted on a Glasgow Icons card backing in its own clear cellophane envelope.

This badge is also available as part of a set of five Glasgow icon eco-metal pin badges.

This photograph is also available is also available as as a mounted print, an A6 greeting card, and a fridge magnet.