Monday, June 13, 2016

A look at Singapore National Olympic Council Pins

The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) is the body responsible for coordinating and selecting athletes for participation in major games like the Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and the SEA Games.

Over the years, there have been variations to the logo and style of SNOC pin badges.

Thanks to the generous gift of 1960s Swim Legend, Tay Chin Joo, I've gotten some of the rarer earlier editions! Woo hoo!

The 5 pins on the top row were given to me by 1960s Swim Legend, Tay Chin Joo, who was the first swimmer to qualify for the 1972 Munich Olympics. Thanks so much!

The items on the second row are, from left, a tie clip and a commemorative pin. Both are from the 7th SEAP Games that Singapore hosted in September 1973.

Screengrab from www.olympicnocpins.com, the definitive site by Olympin, which lists down pins from all over the world. 
Each listing comes with a rarity scale - A is most rare & E is a common pin!

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