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This white plastic diaper pin badge features a white sticker with a pentagon cut out at each point, representing a flag from a French-speaking region of the world. The center features a pentagon in the colors of the French flag. Around the edge of the badge are black inscriptions, as well as a place and date. 5th Conference of French-Speaking Ethnic Communities button.

  • Accession Number 2022.12.34
  • Date 1979
  • Materials metal, paper, plastic
  • Measurements 7,9 cm
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Historical context

From August 26 to September 2, 1979, the 5th conference of French-speaking ethnic communities was held in Delémont, in the northern Swiss canton of Jura. This badge promotes the event.
The Conférences des communautés ethniques de langue française were organized eighteen times between 1971 and 2008, by five French-speaking communities: Acadia, Wallonia (Belgium), Quebec, Jura (Switzerland) and Aosta (Italy), represented on the ba...

  • Accession Number 2022.12.34
  • Date 1979
  • Materials metal, paper, plastic
  • Measurements 7,9 cm
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© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, donation by Simon Turmel, 2022.012.034
Photo by Michel Julien

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