EARLY AND HORRIFIC ANTI-VIETNAM WAR BUTTON SHOWING SELF IMMOLATED BUDDIST MONK.
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Winning Bid:
$428.34
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Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 19, 2024 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
1.5" with union bug on black metal back, no maker. Button is c. 1963-64 and shows a seated Buddist monk consumed by flames. The photo is most likely from Saigon taken June 11, 1963 and picturing Thich Quang Duc's self-immolation to protest the persecution of Buddists by the South Vietnamese government led by President Diem and backed by the U.S. The only example known to us. Exc.
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