2376 SOVIET UNION EMBROIDERED “LENIN” PORTRAIT

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This item SOLD at 2022 Aug 31 @ 14:14UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT
Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 200.00 USD
Estimated at 400.00 - 600.00 USD

PROPAGANDA FLAG “FORWARD TO THE VICTORY OF COMMUNISM”. 64” x 54” Circa 1960. High quality doubled red velvet panels with silk embroidery, one side with Lenin’s portrait and opposite with hammer & sickle. The text translates: “FOR THE SOVIET MOTHERLAND, UNDER THE BANNER OF MARXISM & LENINISM, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY, FORWARD TO THE VICTORY OF COMMUNISM” and verso: “MINISTRY OF DEFENCE FOR WORK ON CULTURAL PATRONAGE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNION OF THE USSR”. CONDITION: fine, double velvet panels sewn together. (02-17547-2/JS). $400-600.