Desk Ornaments

charlet · 04-10-2003, 02:47 PM

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!

DougD · 04-10-2003, 07:17 PM

I moved this thread from flags....

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).

Still, he now has a neat little collection.

DD

charlet · 04-10-2003, 07:24 PM

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...

charlet · 04-05-2004, 12:39 PM

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:

olivyaya · 04-05-2004, 01:05 PM

Wouah !! That's a nice one !!! Where did you get it from ??
Well done !!

charlet · 04-05-2004, 04:59 PM

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:

olivyaya · 04-09-2004, 01:50 PM

nice pics, definitely... I would not be able to evaluate any of these items.. it's the 1st time I have seen ones like these !!!

SVT-40 · 09-15-2006, 03:42 PM

This is one of a number of Soviet space and missile artifacts I collect. Can someone help me with the translation???? Thanks in advance.

Soviet · 09-15-2006, 03:55 PM

1.Alexei Afanasevitch Vasiliev … (something) jubilee
2. A collective masterpiece
3. February 20th 1978, Leningrad

***desantnik*** · 09-15-2006, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soviet

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

04-10-2003, 07:17 PM	#2
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 51 Posts: 2,060	Moved... I moved this thread from flags.... 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). Still, he now has a neat little collection. DD

04-10-2003, 07:24 PM	#3
charlet Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Germany Age: 49 Posts: 791	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)

09-15-2006, 03:55 PM	#9
Soviet Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Montréal Age: 43 Posts: 356	1.Alexei Afanasevitch Vasiliev … (something) jubilee 2. A collective masterpiece 3. February 20th 1978, Leningrad __________________ На Берлин! Last edited by Soviet; 09-15-2006 at 04:01 PM.

04-05-2004, 01:05 PM	#5
olivyaya Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 30	Wouah !! That's a nice one !!! Where did you get it from ?? Well done !!

04-09-2004, 01:50 PM	#7
olivyaya Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 30	nice pics, definitely... I would not be able to evaluate any of these items.. it's the 1st time I have seen ones like these !!!

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