An Extremely Rare Old Authentic Big Russian STALIN Epoch Red Silk Sewed AWARD BANNER with LENIN STALIN BUST and Sickle & Hammer Embroidery.
Inscriptions: "MPP (Ministry of foodstuffs) CCCP. Challenge Award Banner of Ukraine GlavRasZhirMaslo ( Main Vegetable Oil Fat Butter) Contora (Сounting House).
"Under Lenin - Stalin banner forward to the new Victories". On the other side : "Workers of the World Unite!", "To the Foremost Base".
Dimensions : 4 ft 6" x 3 ft 7" (138 x 112 cm).
Made in USSR before or during WW2 of some kind of old thick fabric (weight 2 pounds, 0.9 kg), looks more like silk then cotton with yellow fringes on 3 sides. Portraits and Sickle & Hammer are patchwork; all inscriptions, are the embroidery. The Stalin is in semi-military jacket, it means that Banner was made before 1943.
UNIQUE CHANCE FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR - Most such items were lost during WW2, the others were destroyed by the Soviet Government during the so-called "De-stalinization" campaign of the mid- to late 1950's. It looks just great and will be a great addition to your collection!.