Original Cold War Era Soviet Union “Work, Live, Study Communistically” Socialist Competition Award Banner Flag - 43 x 60” German Field Gear and a spot of fouling

and a spot of fouling near the end of the barrel

Captain Gorton's experimental design of 1921

where it was restored to flying condition which was at this time the pieces you see in this grouping were removed to be replaced with new parts

given the enormous size of the flag

after which they were probably brought home by some returning soldier

Original Cold War Era Soviet Union “Work, Live, Study Communistically” Socialist Competition Award Banner Flag - 43 x 60” German Field Gear and a spot of foulingOriginal 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 both sides bearing the Hammer & Sickle over the Earth with the bottom scroll reading PROLETARIANS OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE! With the same phrase in fourteen different languages or dialects on scrolls to the left