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Russian or Estonian (?) Communist Era Banner.
Can anyone tell me more about this banner please?
It was acquired (not by me) in Tallin, Estonia in 1999. I don't recognise the person shown on the front. Presumably connected to civilian labour rather than a military organisation. |
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Looks like Lenin gazing onwards and upwards towards a workers paradise (or something like that).
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The profile is of Lenin, typical Soviet USSR banner
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Thanks - Lenin's the obvious man most likely with these but I just couldn't see it was him.
Perhaps because of the hairstyle, he seems to be a little more hirsute than usual. In fact, I think that's because I'm mistaking a crease in the banner for head hair with a D.A. Makes him look like a "Leningrad Cowboy". https://youtu.be/M5GRpA5H3CI Last edited by leigh kitchen; 04-11-21 at 05:40 PM. Reason: Link added. |
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A few more of the banner, Lenin without the DA.
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A lot of these Lenin types we're awarded to factories for production levels, I had one for a sugar factorythat produced a milllion tons in one year u can date them by the wheat sheafs /scrolls on both sides that look like battle honors a few were added each year as more states joined the USSR
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Thanks for that info, there certainly do seem to be a lot of this sort of banner on the market.
There's a possibility this one was awarded to a steel factory (I'll check), it's spent the last 22 years in Sweden, found it way to me a few days ago (a hefty thing it weighs 4 kilos - £39.50 postage but at least there was no customs duty).. |
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