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Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Белорусская Советская Социалистическая Республика Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка 31st July 1920 - 19th September 1991 |
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08-17-2007, 12:34 PM | #1 |
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This one is now for sale on e*Bay. It is said it was a captured flag by the German army. I was wondering if this is an original flag. The selling price is quite exagerated (3000 EUR) for the condition.
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It looks to be part of a state award flag from the 1930's or 1940's...in mint condition it would not be worth $3000 let alone 3000e...the story about German troops is probably made up.
The lettering is the older 1930's/1940's style, but someone would have to look up the Belorussian state emblem to see if it matches the time period. |
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That's also what I think about the story, but why would someone tear it like this if it wasn't made a long time ago? Anyway, it still an interesting piece of history ...
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It's all relative
I am always dismayed by damaged items but you have to remember that what is a precious artefact now was an obsolete old rag in the 50's
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You ave to remember that these flags were made of a very fragile silk, and then had quite a bit of embroidery put on them. That made them pretty weak. I doubt that anyone intentionally destroyed this flag; i am sure it had a few tears and someone tried to 'salvage' the state emblem. The battle-German bring back is made up in my opinion. It shows no real evidence of that, though it is possible.
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