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FMC "Vietnam Heroico" Solidarity Pin (Federación de Mujeres Cubanas)
Object/Artifact
An upright-leaning rectangular enamel pin within a silver-tone frame. The upper two-thirds is a red field; the lower third a blue band lettered "VIETNAM HEROICO" in white capitals. At the upper right, "FMC" is stacked vertically in white. At left are two stylized female heads in profile (white face, dark flowing hair, one with Western features and a beret, the other with Asian features and a Vietnamese hat). To their right, two figures with arms raised in jubilation stands above radiating lines (a burst/celebration motif).
2025.2.29
Obtained in Cuba by Anna Veltfort and brought to New York City with her when she moved back to the US.
The pin expresses Cuban women's solidarity with Vietnam during the Vietnam War, issued by or for the FMC. Cuba was among the most fervent backers of the Vietnamese struggle — "¡Por Vietnam, Cuba está dispuesta a dar hasta su propia sangre!" (Fidel, 1973) — channeled through bodies like the Comité Cubano de Solidaridad con Vietnam del Sur, the CTC, ICAP, and the FMC. "Vietnam Heroico" ("Heroic Vietnam") was a recurring epithet in that campaign; the raised-arm figures evoke the celebrated heroism/struggle of the Vietnamese people. The badge thus joins the FMC's women's-organization identity to the Cuba–Vietnam solidarity theme.
Anna Veltfort collection
2025.2
Anna Veltfort
Gift
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Maker/Attribution: Unmarked on the visible face; maker not identified (reverse not seen). Cuban manufacture (FMC issue). Date: circa late 1960s–1970s (Vietnam War solidarity era) (tentative; not tied to a specific identified FMC event).
Inscription
FMC Vietnam Heroico
Spanish
FMC Heroic Vietnam
"VIETNAM HEROICO" (blue band); "FMC" (upper right). FMC emblem (female profile with star).
1.3 cm
2 cm
Single enamel-on-metal badge.
Metal
Stamped metal (aluminum or silver-tone alloy) with red, blue, white, and dark-blue/black enamel.
Good
Anna Veltfort
owner
F.M.C.
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
acquisition
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
production
Vietnam
imagery
Vietnam War