The Contents of Keerweder
Live Auction, 22 - 23 October 2012
Session 3
Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 099
About this Item
A Russian red velvet 'Lenin' commemorative wall hanging, 20th century the centre stitched in silk with a portrait of Lenin above a chain-stitched inscription, the reverse with inscription, 27 by 170cm
Notes
The front of the wall hanging translates:
(Proletarian) People of the world, unite!
Under the banner of Marxism-Leninism,
Under the leadership of the communist party,
Forward to the victory of communism!
The reverse of the wall hanging translates:
Communar (name of the car building factory)
TO THE WINNER
Of the socialist challenge
For a better preparation
Of the citizen defence
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