Captured Soviet Banners

[Tal Inbar]

The following pictures are from this web site:

http://members.tripod.com/~oldflagswanted/soviet.html

Now, my questions:

Was there any known case that captured Soviet flag/banner was re taken by the Soviet during battle?

What about the Soviet occupation of Berlin etc. - did some banners "made it home" - discovered and rescued by Soviet troops?

Tal

[DougD]

Tal,

When a soviet unit lost its standard it was disbanded. Any recaptured were returned to t he Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow, not returned to the unit.

The top one is a Guards Corp standard, which is odd as I don't know of any guards corps being disbanded. I have my doubts it is a real standard, might be a HQ flag. I have one now for a tank corp and its quite a bit larger in design.

The middle flag is a civilian flag from Ukraine.

The third flag is a 1930's unit flag. can't tellmore then that.

DD

[Kim]

I could be wrong but the first photo makes me think: reenactor. Perhaps someone has seen it elsewere on the net?

/Kim

[Nota Bene]

Gentlemen,

I also think the first one is a reenactor photo. The banner looks like it's made of some sort of light synthetic material.

Alexei

[DougD]

That would make sense. I can't comment on the German uniforms, but the standard is just not right. Guards insignia is a bit off, and the lettering is too small.

DD

[Tal Inbar]

I also think the first pic is a modern one. Somhow the quality of the picture is too good, and the soldiers looks too old.

Tal

Another re-enactors - in scale modeling....

(see: http://www.molossia.org/wwII/easternfront.html)

[DougD]

Just for comparison, here is a real guards corps standard. Really does not match up well with the one in the re enactor photo.

DD

[Gunnett]

Something don't look quite right about the top picture, it surely isn't 1945 era. One of the guys looks like a guy i served in the army with!

[otlichnik]

I am sure I have seen top photo on a re-enectors page. Can't remember which though.

Shawn

[Stephende]

The soldiers are clearly too well fed. They are also too well groomed. No stubble or dirt on those faces or hands! Finally, the banner clearly appears to be a modern synthetic nylon material.