Desk Ornaments

charlet · 04-10-2003, 02:47 PM

Hi gentlemen, I don't know if this subject has a place here, here's a piece given to gen-mayor piotr grigorevitch kostenko, 1st deputy chief of military region of odessa, from the general mayor of artillery E.G. Bobrov. Odessa, 1978.

very kitsch!

DougD · 04-10-2003, 07:17 PM

I moved this thread from flags....

These type of desk awards are neat, and pretty common. I have seen many for sale in Russia, but they are a MAJOR pain to bring back on your own. I was with a friend last year in Russia and Ukraina and he had 4 of thses types of awards in his suitcase; every customs official wanted to spend about an hour each going through his bag! I had to wait for him many times ( we flew 9 times).

Still, he now has a neat little collection.

DD

charlet · 04-10-2003, 07:24 PM

they're now very rare here. A friend of mine has a huge one consisting of two Yakovlev 28 "Firebar" jet interceptors pointing towards the sky, a model scale in metal 2 feet long!

I forgot the compulsory T-54, PT-76 and other guns...

charlet · 04-05-2004, 12:39 PM

Hi gentlemen, I don't know if it is the best place to put this , but I thinks you would appreciate to see some desk ornaments, often unique pieces, and typical and desirable soviet pieces of "art"....

a first one:

olivyaya · 04-05-2004, 01:05 PM

Wouah !! That's a nice one !!! Where did you get it from ??
Well done !!

charlet · 04-05-2004, 04:59 PM

well, that's a friend of mine who is selling it in Paris...huge stuff. Another good friend is thinking about buying it...form my side, I'll take some smaller but cool stuff from the same guy.

update: here's the one from my colletion:

olivyaya · 04-09-2004, 01:50 PM

nice pics, definitely... I would not be able to evaluate any of these items.. it's the 1st time I have seen ones like these !!!

Al-muell · 01-07-2008, 07:28 AM

A nice table ornament - a statue of a soldier.
My question is - is it a miniature of some munument? If so, where is this monument?
It has no inscriptions on it.

Many thanks in advance

Kirchgoens · 01-07-2008, 11:22 AM

Look on page 47 of "Echoes of War" for a photo Paul took. It's of a monument in Nikolaev (now Mykolaev), Ukraine. I have the same statue.

...Brian

Al-muell · 01-07-2008, 12:10 PM

Many thanks!
Than it's another rason to keep it, as one member of my family lived in Nikolayev for quite a long time.

04-10-2003, 07:17 PM	#2
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 51 Posts: 2,060	Moved... I moved this thread from flags.... These type of desk awards are neat, and pretty common. I have seen many for sale in Russia, but they are a MAJOR pain to bring back on your own. I was with a friend last year in Russia and Ukraina and he had 4 of thses types of awards in his suitcase; every customs official wanted to spend about an hour each going through his bag! I had to wait for him many times ( we flew 9 times). Still, he now has a neat little collection. DD

04-10-2003, 07:24 PM	#3
charlet Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Germany Age: 49 Posts: 791	they're now very rare here. A friend of mine has a huge one consisting of two Yakovlev 28 "Firebar" jet interceptors pointing towards the sky, a model scale in metal 2 feet long! I forgot the compulsory T-54, PT-76 and other guns... __________________ Sebastien "a spectre haunts Europe, the spectre of communism" (a well-known german bearbed)

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Kirchgoens Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US Mid Atlantic Age: 58 Posts: 351	Nikolaev/Mykolaev, Ukraine... Look on page 47 of "Echoes of War" for a photo Paul took. It's of a monument in Nikolaev (now Mykolaev), Ukraine. I have the same statue. ...Brian

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olivyaya Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 30	Wouah !! That's a nice one !!! Where did you get it from ?? Well done !!

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olivyaya Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 30	nice pics, definitely... I would not be able to evaluate any of these items.. it's the 1st time I have seen ones like these !!!

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