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Pins for members of Munskänkarna. Far left a plain member pin with the logo of Munskänkarna, to the right pins for members which have passed the tests for some of the different course levels: 1-betyg ("grade 1") - green, druvbetyg ("grape grade") - yellow, 2-betyg ("grade 3") -
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