01-25-2003, 06:30 PM
Hi Tal,
All of these front Banners are in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow, along with most of the main relics of the parade.
There are copies of these front standards in the minsk war museum, kiev war museum, and the Zhukov museum in moscow. I have seen them and they are smaller then the regular ones.
They are made of velvet. Most soviet standards are silk, but these were a dfarker red velvet. Some unit flags in 1945, made for the parade if the real standard was in bad shape, were also made of this same velvet. I have one for the 180th Red Banner Rifle Division.
I'll try to dig up some photos of these front banners on display from my last trip. The Moscow Central Armed Forces Musuem has an entore room dedicated to the parade. Its my favorite room in Russia!
DD
All of these front Banners are in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow, along with most of the main relics of the parade.
There are copies of these front standards in the minsk war museum, kiev war museum, and the Zhukov museum in moscow. I have seen them and they are smaller then the regular ones.
They are made of velvet. Most soviet standards are silk, but these were a dfarker red velvet. Some unit flags in 1945, made for the parade if the real standard was in bad shape, were also made of this same velvet. I have one for the 180th Red Banner Rifle Division.
I'll try to dig up some photos of these front banners on display from my last trip. The Moscow Central Armed Forces Musuem has an entore room dedicated to the parade. Its my favorite room in Russia!
DD
