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!
Sebastien
"a spectre haunts Europe, the spectre of communism"
(a well-known german bearbed)
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).
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)
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:
Sebastien
"a spectre haunts Europe, the spectre of communism"
(a well-known german bearbed)
04-05-2004, 09:59 PM (This post was last modified: 04-06-2004, 11:10 PM by charlet.)
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:
Sebastien
"a spectre haunts Europe, the spectre of communism"
(a well-known german bearbed)
Soviet Wrote:1.Alexei Afanasevitch Vasiliev … (something) jubilee
2. A collective masterpiece
3. February 20th 1978, Leningrad
1. Alexei Afanasevich Vasilev on the Anniversary (presumably of Air Defense Day or the factory's founding - whatever 20 FEB 78 is)
2. from the Workshop Collective