Art,
Yes, it is indeed a marvellous piece.
Those cotton plants and cotton tufts make me remember my old childhood days in Africa, when I used to go with my father on his hunting week ends and we often had to cross huge cotton fields, a beautiful image I still keep in my mind :)
But the entire Award is really fascinating, a master piece of design!
In fact there is something in this Award that reminds me of some African shields, maybe it's the shape as well as those two spears, I don't know!
Anyway, red is my favourite color, so these Soviet Awards, where the red is very often present, really fulfill me ;) That's probably one of the reasons I like the Soviet Order of the Red Banner so much, red on the Order, red on the ribbon...
Best,
Dolf
Yes, it is indeed a marvellous piece.
Those cotton plants and cotton tufts make me remember my old childhood days in Africa, when I used to go with my father on his hunting week ends and we often had to cross huge cotton fields, a beautiful image I still keep in my mind :)
But the entire Award is really fascinating, a master piece of design!
In fact there is something in this Award that reminds me of some African shields, maybe it's the shape as well as those two spears, I don't know!
Anyway, red is my favourite color, so these Soviet Awards, where the red is very often present, really fulfill me ;) That's probably one of the reasons I like the Soviet Order of the Red Banner so much, red on the Order, red on the ribbon...
Best,
Dolf
