Original Soviet Post-WWII Small Handmade Soviet Flag with Pin & Provenance Note - Lt. Colonel Russell LeRoy Carleton - 6¼ x 8½”
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Original Item. One-of-a-Kind. The State Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly known as the Soviet flag, was the official state flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1922 to 1991. The flag's design and symbolism are derived from several sources, but emerged during the Russian Revolution. The flag is also an international symbol of the communist movement as a whole.
This is a lovely handmade Soviet flag which has a great provenance note stapled to one corner. The flag has a hand-cut wool sickle & hammer and star, with small tying ropes at the end. The attached note is signed on one side
Lt. Col. (AF)
Russell LeRoy Carleton
The other side says:
July 1947
This flag was removed
From a Russian Army Staff
Vehicle in Prague, Czechoslovakia
The pin attached to the flag
Was taken from a young Russian
During an interrogation at
Kitzuiga, Germany, March 1947
The pin signifies the holder is a
Member of the Young Communist League.
A very interesting souvenir, ready for further research and display!
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