Use of Custom Science Pins

A Custom Science Pins, also known as an enamel pin, is a small pin worn on clothing, often on the lapel of a jacket, attached to a bag, or displayed on a piece of fabric. Custom Science Pins can be ornamental or can indicate the wearer's affiliation with an organization or cause. Before the popularity of wearing Custom Science Pins, boutonnières were worn.

Popular usage

Custom Science Pins are frequently used as symbols of achievement and belonging in different organizations. Custom Science Pins from the organization are often collected by members and non-members alike. Businesses, corporates, & political parties also use Custom Science Pins to designate achievement and membership. Lapel Pins are a common element of employee recognition programs, and they are presented to individuals as a symbol of an accomplishment. Like fraternity and sorority pins, these Custom Science Pins instill a sense of belonging to an elite group of performers at the organization. Businesses also award Custom Science Pins to employees more frequently to boost employee morale, productivity, and employee engagement.

Cultural significance

Chairman Mao badges from China, in the USSR and the People's Republic of China, the prominent Custom Science Pins with portraits of Lenin and Mao Zedong, respectively, were worn by youth as well as by Communist party members or people who felt like showing their official political credo. In Czechoslovakia, the Mao badges/Custom Science Pins were worn in the late 1960s and early 1970s by non-conformist youth as a prank and a way to provoke the "normalisationist" reactionaries of the purged post-1968 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.