Original Soviet Early Cold War Era Excellent Embroidered “Socialist DPO Competition” Socialist Award Banner Flag with Painted Portrait of Lenin on Reverse - 43 x 60” Japanese Helmets Left New York for Washington

Left New York for Washington

with some chipping around the lower edge

in their combat uniforms standing in front of a Quonset hut

it proved somewhat premature

probably with handfuls of sand to polish the weapon

Original Soviet Early Cold War Era Excellent Embroidered “Socialist DPO Competition” Socialist Award Banner Flag with Painted Portrait of Lenin on Reverse - 43 x 60” Japanese Helmets Left New York for WashingtonOriginal Item. Only One Available. Soviet Competition banners were awards given to individuals or teams for excelling in various fields, particularly in the Soviet Union's planned economy and industrial production. This is one such flag, with one sides bearing a beautiful embroidered Hammer & Sickle over the Earth with the bottom scroll reading PROLETARIANS OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE! With all phrases embroidered. The same phrase is in fourteen different