04-07-2011, 08:22 PM (This post was last modified: 04-07-2011, 08:28 PM by dwayne.)
Dear all,
I am new on your nice forum. I am a beginning collector of Soviet awards and other memorabilia. At the moment I only own a few medals, orders, badges, militaria and propaganda, but maybe I post my researched ORB one of these days (it has a rather nice story I think).
Today I bought this banner on a known auction website. I payed 35 dollars for it, was this a good deal?
I already know what was on one side, it says: 'Arms of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics'. Does anyone know what the other side means, and what the purpose of this banner is?
It's a nice old propaganda banner that any good party member would have in their home. I still have my first banner that is similar in scope to this one. Good hunting.:thumbsup
Just a word of advice; before you decide on future purchases of awards it is always in your best interest to bounce it off a few people around here. There are lots of (sometimes very good) fakes of all the good stuff these days.
I actually don't know yet. I think it will end up in a drawer where I keep some other Soviet stuff (the rest is on display). It's too big to put it on my wall or something, and I'm afraid that the colours will fade. :)
