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10-09-2011, 09:24 PM

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slava1stclass

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Re: Captured Soviet banners

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Originally Posted by MarkJ

I can't quite make sense of the inscription, but, from all appearances, it's a "political" one.
If anybody can provide a translation for the inscription (aside from the usual "Proletarians of the World Unite!"), I'd be very grateful.

Regards,

Mark Jaeger

Mark,

As best I can make it out, I read the Russian as:

"Merekhodashoye Banner Division"

"For first place in combat and political training"

Regards,

slava1stclass

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