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CDR machete lapel pin, "10 Millones Van" (Zafra de los Diez Millones)
Object/Artifact
Enameled metal lapel pin in the shape of a cane‑cutting machete (mocha). Red‑enamel blade with a black‑enamel handle. The blade is lettered in black: "10 MILLONES VAN," with "CDR" stacked vertically at the heel of the blade; the black handle carries worn lettering (likely "CUBA," illegible). Pin/clasp fastener on the reverse (assumed; reverse not shown).
2025.2.12
Belonged to Anna Veltfort, who brought it with her to the United States when she moved back in 1971.
Anna Veltfort collection
2025.2
Anna Veltfort
Gift
circa 1969
1960s
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Maker: Issued in association with the Comités de Defensa de la Revolución (CDR), Cuba. Manufacturer not identified. Date: Circa 1969–1970 — the "Zafra de los Diez Millones" (Ten Million Ton Harvest) campaign, whose slogan "los diez millones van" and CDR sponsorship this pin carries. In range.
Inscription
10 millones van CDR
Spanish
The 10 millions go CDR
Etched
0.8 cm
4 cm
1
Metal
Materials: Enamel on metal (brass or steel — tentative); metal pin fastener. Technique: Die‑struck/stamped metal badge with colored enamel fill.
Good
Anna Veltfort
owner
C.D.R.
issuer
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
acquisition
New York City
New York
U.S.A.
North America
preservation
Ten-Million-Ton Sugar Harvest
Commemorates the 1970 Ten Million Ton Harvest, a mass sugar‑harvest mobilization; the goal was not met (~8.5 million tons produced). The machete (mocha) form references cane cutting.