Price: 1.50 euro
Pin about the Kirov Mines made in 1983.
It’s from Kirov iron mines in western Russia, commorating 250 million tonnes of iron ore mined. The Russian text says “250 million tonnes of iron ore gathered in Kirov Iron mines” and the years represent how long it took to accomplish the production.
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(25.20)
(12.8.20)
Price: 25.00 euro
Weight: 62gr./2.1oz.
Unique Yasser Arafat watch. New and unused. Runs on battery. No previous owner. Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat, was a Palestinian political leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. Ideologically an Arab nationalist, he was a founding member of the Fatah political party, which he led from 1959 until 2004.


(1.5.21)
(0.4.20)
Price: 2.50 euro
Size: 18x10cm./7×3.9inch.
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Sticker made by the anti-neutronbomb movement in the Netherlands. Made early 80’s. The text on the sticker reads:”Stop The Neutron Bomb”.
(45.20)
(25.20)
Price: 45.00 euro
Size: 21.5×15.5cm./8.4×6.1inch.
Weight all 3 parts: 2703gr./95.3oz.
Pages book I: 593
Pages book II: 621
Pages book III: 671
Kim Il Sung biography edition printed in Lebanon in 1973 in English. 3 books with the life story of the Eternal Leader of the DPRK, Kim Il Sung. With lots of photo’s. 1st. edition. Written by Baik Bong and translated by Dar Al Talia, Lebanon.
Kim was the son of parents who fled to Manchuria during his childhood to escape the Japanese rule of Korea. He attended elementary school in Manchuria and, while still a student, joined a communist youth organization. He was arrested and jailed for his activities with the group in 1929–30. After Kim’s release from prison, he joined the Korean guerrilla resistance against the Japanese occupation sometime during the 1930s and adopted the name of an earlier legendary Korean guerrilla fighter against the Japanese. Kim was noticed by the Soviet military authorities, who sent him to the Soviet Union for military and political training. There he joined the local Communist Party.
During World War II, Kim led a Korean contingent as a major in the Soviet army. After the Japanese surrender in 1945, Korea was effectively divided between a Soviet-occupied northern half and a U.S.-supported southern half. At this time Kim returned with other Soviet-trained Koreans to establish a communist provisional government under Soviet auspices in what would become North Korea. He became the first premier of the newly formed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1948, and in 1949 he became chairman of the Korean Workers’ (communist) Party.
Hoping to reunify Korea by force, Kim launched an invasion of South Korea in 1950, thereby igniting the Korean War. His attempt to extend his rule there was repelled by U.S. troops and other UN forces, however, and it was only through massive Chinese support that he was able to repel a subsequent invasion of North Korea by UN forces. The Korean War ended in a stalemate in 1953.
Kim Il Sung was leader of North Korea from 1948 until 1994 when he died. He outlived Stalin by 4 decades, Mao Zedong with 2, and stayed in power long enough to outrun 6 South Korean presidents, 9 USA presidents and 21 Japanese prime ministers. After his death his son Kim Jong Il became the leader of North Korea.
The North Korean goverment to this day refers Kim Il Sung as the Supreme Leader and the Eternal President.
(57.20)
Price: 60.00 euro
Size: 23x11cm./9×4.3inch.
Weight: 544gr./19.1oz.
Bust of Friedrich Engels.
Friedrich Engels (1820–1895) was a German philosopher, historian, communist, social scientist, sociologist, journalist and businessman. His father was an owner of large textile factories in England.
Engels developed what is now known as Marxist theory together with Karl Marx and in 1845 he published The Condition of the Working Class in England, based on personal observations and research in English cities. In 1848, Engels co-authored The Communist Manifesto with Marx and also authored and co-authored (primarily with Marx) many other works. Later, Engels supported Marx financially, allowing him to do research and write Das Kapital. After Marx’s death, Engels edited the second and third volumes of Das Kapital. Additionally, Engels organised Marx’s notes on the Theories of Surplus Value, which were later published as the “fourth volume” of Das Kapital. In 1884, he published The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State on the basis of Marx’s ethnographic research.
(115.21)
(R.115.20)
Price: 138.00 euro
Size: 21.5cm./8.4inch.
Weight: 1685gr./59.4oz.
Beautiful socialistic art of an iron worker or blacksmith. Made of non-magnetic metal, presumably zinc. Such statues are very rare, we have searched for more information about this statue, but we think it is made in a very limited edition what makes it even more special.
(42.21)
(R.35.20)
Price: 42.00 euro
Size: 32.5cm./12.7inch.
Weight: 1140gr./40.2oz.
Trophy vase (?) stainless steel with red star at the top. With inscription 50th .anniversary, donated in 1977.
Made of stainless steel! Very heavy. At the top a red star made of plastic which is transparent. Can be taken apart in 4 parts. Shiny ornament presumably handmade.
(1.5.20)
Price: 1.50 euro
Original First Day Cover from the Soviet Union made in 1962.
The stamp in the upper right corner reads:”First anniversary of satellite spacecraft flight”.
Vostok 2 (Russian: Boctok 2) was a Soviet space mission which carried cosmonaut Gherman Titov into orbit for a full day on August 6, 1961 to study the effects of a more prolonged period of weightlessness on the human body. Titov orbited the Earth over 17 times, exceeding the single orbit of Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1.
(47.5.21)
(R.47.5.20)
Price: 57.00 euro
Size: 13.5×7.5cm./5.3×2.9inch.
Weight: 476gr./16.7oz.
Composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky USSR Buste. Russian metal bust on marble base. On the side and on the back are writings and numbers, probably his name and the artist name and a product number. It is also stamped on the side.
(3.75.20)
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 45x33cm./17.7×12.9inch.
Poster from Hungary cold war era. The text on the poster reads:”Long Live May 1″ beneath that:”The feast of the workers of the world”. The poster is made in the cold war era probably somewhere in the 1980’s. May 1st. is worldwide Labour Day.
Labour Day (or International Worker’s Day) is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement, socialists and anarchists.
Labour day was established in 1890 as an international protest day for demanding a 8 hour working day, labour rights and for keeping the peace.



(R.17.5.20)
Price: 22.00 euro
Size: 6cm./2.3inch.
Weight: 88gr./3.1oz.
Year: 1960
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Table medal from Slovenia made in 1960 made of bronze.
Medal of the 15th anniversary of the liberation of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet army in 1945. The text on the medal reads:”Anniversary of the liberation of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet army”.
Nice fine finish with sharp detailing. Bottom says:”April 9, 1960″.
(7.5.20)
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 13×9.5cm./5.1×3.7inch.
Weight: 114gr./4oz.
Table medal from the DDR of the National People’s Army. The text on the medal holder reads:”National People’s Army. City Command Capital DDR Berlin”. The front of the medal reads:”Berlin. Capital Of The DDR”. The back of the medal reads:”For The Protection Of The Workers And Farmers”.
(R.4.20)
Price: 6.00 euro
Size: 6.5cm./2.5inch.
Weight: 104gr./3.6oz.
Table medal made to commemorate the Lublin-Brest offensive in 1944 and made in 1979. Lublin is a town in Poland. The medal says:”Education Board Upbringing”.
The Lublin–Brest Offensive (1944) was a part of the Operation Bagration strategic offensive by the Soviet Red Army to clear the Nazi German forces from the Eastern Poland and Western Belarus. The offensive was executed by the left (southern) wing of the 1st Belorussian Front and took place during July 1944. It was opposed by the German Army Group North Ukraine and Army Group Centre.
(R.25.20)
Price: 29.00 euro
Size: 4.2cm./1.6inch.
Weight: 28gr./0.9oz.
Table medal about the departure of the Russians from Hungary. The “gold” medal reads:”Peace With You” in Latin and Hungarian.
On one side mockingly sees a column of Soviet tanks making a trail through Eastern Europe returning to Russia.
The other side is offensive. A thick Soviet head with wart on the neck complete with large military cap. It says “End” in Russian.
They only dared to release this when the Soviet had actually left, very rare and sought after medal in excellent condition in original case.
Artist’s name can be seen on both sides.
(0.4.20)
Price: 2.00 euro
Size: 10x7cm./3.9×2.7inch.
Support actioncard for the anti-atomic bomb movement. The card reads:”We are againt the neutron bomb. Support action for the campaign: Stop the neutron bomb, stop the nuclear arms race”. The card is made probably around 1980 at the height of the anti atomic bombs movement.
(R.23.20)
Price: 28.00 euro
Size: 6cm./2.3inch.
Weight: 121gr./4.2oz.
Soviet Union tabe medal about celebrating 30 years of the All Union Knowledge Society.
Znanie (knowledge) is a voluntary public organization responsible for the spread of political and scientific knowledge and for the communist education of the working masses. It was founded in 1947 as the All-Union Society for the Dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge and has been known as Znanie since 1963.
Made of bronze with an open book with a torch on one side.
Marked with the year on the left under the torch.









(2.5.20)
Price: 5.00 euro
Size: 18.5×12.5cm./7.2×4.9oz.
Weight: 81gr./2.8oz.
Pages: 59
Year: 1972
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book from North Korea, published in 1972.
This book once belonged to Andries Oele. Inside the book you’ll find the signature of him. Oele was a well-known and notorious radical Maoist in the 1970’s in the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He always stood out by standing at the back of a hall at meetings and public gatherings (such as May 1 celebrations) and shouting his slogans (“Death to capital! Long live Marxism-Leninism! Long live Chairman Mao!”). While the many small communist splinter groups were happy with any soul they could recruit, they would rather lose Andries than get rich. Nevertheless he was a member of KORO (Communist Organization Rotterdam and Surroundings).
Andries Oele worked in construction so the left-wing intellectual Rotterdam got some appreciation for this: a real worker, after all.
In 1977 Oele was caught in bed with someone’s wife. Her deceived husband immediately took a gun and shot both Andries and his own wife. A double murder. A Dutch Maoist publisher was asked to clean out Oele’s house.
Behind the frontdoor he found a wonderful house that had been completely renovated as if it were a ship’s cabin. You had to duck to go inside and could look through portholes to other dark spaces. He collected all Oele’s books, almost entirely Marxist-Leninist works and works by old Dutch socialists, such as Troelstra and Domela Nieuwenhuis.
(R.28.20)
Price: 35.00 euro
Size: 39×29.5cm./15.3×11.6inch.
Weight: 516gr./18.2oz.
Fight Against Occupiers Etch. June 24, 1919 – Budapest – The first forgotten war of independence of the Pest boys against the Russians.
Signed on the right by artist Károly Jurida. Propaganda ecth on sturdy cardboard that has been stuck somewhere along with the other etches.
(R.30.20)
Price: 39.00 euro
Size: 39×29.5cm./15.3×11.6inch.
Weight: 521gr./18.3oz.
Lenin and Trotsky celebrating the revolution on Moscow’s Red Square, 1919. Signed on the bottom right by the artist. Propaganda etch on sturdy cardboard that has been stuck somewhere along with the other etches. The text on the etch reads:”Welcome To The Hungarian Workers. Lenin And Samuel On The Red Square”.
(R.25.20)
Price: 35.00 euro
Size: 39×29.5cm./15.3×11.6inch.
Weight: 516gr./18.2oz.
Etch made in 1979 with siganture. The text on the etch says:”Grab a gun! Inspection of working battalions on the former Andrássy street”. Andrassy street later will become infamous because later the headquarters of the KGB was placed there.
(R.25.20)
Price: 35.00 euro
Size: 39x30cm./15.3×11.8inch.
Weight: 536gr./18.9oz.
Etch Béla Kun on the Tisza front. War of Independence 1919.
Béla Kun (born Béla Kohn, February 20, 1886 – August 29, 1938) was a Hungarian communist activist and politician who ruled the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919.
Signed on the right by Béla Gönczi (1934) Propaganda etch on sturdy cardboard that has been glued somewhere along with the other etches.
(49.21)
(R.49.20)
Price: 59.00 euro
Size: 27x22cm./10.6×8.6inch.
Weight: 2250gr./79.3oz.
Hungarian Sputnik design fan made in the1960s. The text on the plate reads:”Attorney general’s Office”.
Well functioning ivory white bakelite fan which is on a chrome bracket and can be placed in any position. It can be standing or hung. The 3 blades are made of rubber so soft to the hands when it is working. Rear of the engine beautifully finished with a chrome cap.
(3.75.20)
Price: 7.50 euro
Size: 48.5x34cm./19×13.3inch.
Poster from Hungary cold war era. The text on the poster reads:”Long Live May 1″. May 1st. is worldwide Labour Day.
Labour Day (or International Worker’s Day) is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement, socialists and anarchists.
Labour day was established in 1890 as an international protest day for demanding a 8 hour working day, labour rights and for keeping the peace.
(10.20)
Price: 25.00 euro
Size: 18×12.5cm./7×4.9inch.
Weight: 346gr./12.2oz.
Table medals in original box. 6 medals showing various government organizations such as the fire department, customs, railway police, traffic police, coast guard, and the border patrol. On the back of each medal it reads:”For The Protection Of Workers And Farmers”.
(57.5.20)
(R.57.5.20)
Price: 69.00 euro
Size: 28x22cm./11×8.6inch.
Weight: 1272gr./44.8oz.
Soviet Union Stalin wallpiece to commemorate the 70th. birthday of Stalin 1948. Unpolished.
Stalin was born in Georgia in 1878 under the name Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili . When he was in his 30’s he took the name Stalin wich means “man of steel”. He joined the militant wing of the Bolsheviks led by Lenin. In order to fund the Bolsheviks he took part in several bank robbery’s.
When Lenin died in 1924 he took control and became leader of the Sovjet Union (founded in 1922 by Lenin). In 1942 Nazi Germany invaded the Sovet Union and gained much ground until they reached Moscow. Stalin refused to leave Moscow and after the battle of Stalingrad Stalins army’s defeated the germans until they reached Berlin. In 1953 he died ending his leadership.
(10.21)
(2.5.20)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 18.5×12.5cm./7.2×4.9oz.
Weight: 84gr./2.9oz.
Pages: 71
Year: 1972
Book from North Korea, published in 1972.
This book once belonged to Andries Oele. Inside the book you’ll find the signature of him. Oele was a well-known and notorious radical Maoist in the 1970’s in the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He always stood out by standing at the back of a hall at meetings and public gatherings (such as May 1 celebrations) and shouting his slogans (“Death to capital! Long live Marxism-Leninism! Long live Chairman Mao!”). While the many small communist splinter groups were happy with any soul they could recruit, they would rather lose Andries than get rich. Nevertheless he was a member of KORO (Communist Organization Rotterdam and Surroundings).
Andries Oele worked in construction so the left-wing intellectual Rotterdam got some appreciation for this: a real worker, after all.
In 1977 Oele was caught in bed with someone’s wife. Her deceived husband immediately took a gun and shot both Andries and his own wife. A double murder. A Dutch Maoist publisher was asked to clean out Oele’s house.
Behind the frontdoor he found a wonderful house that had been completely renovated as if it were a ship’s cabin. You had to duck to go inside and could look through portholes to other dark spaces. He collected all Oele’s books, almost entirely Marxist-Leninist works and works by old Dutch socialists, such as Troelstra and Domela Nieuwenhuis.
(R.31.20)
Price: 37.50 euro
Size folded: 11cm./4.3inch.
Size unfolded: 23.5cm./9.2inch.
Weight: 60gr./2.1oz.
Space travel propaganda pocket knife. Knife is made of aluminum (outside) and steel. On one side the rocket of Yuri Gagarin with star and hammer and sickle and on the other side the Ostankino transmission tower in Moscow.
(12.5.20)
(3.75.20)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 47x33cm./18.5×12.9inch.
Poster from Hungary cold war era. The text on the poster reads:”Long Live May 1″. May 1st. is worldwide Labour Day.
Labour Day (or International Worker’s Day) is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement, socialists and anarchists.
Labour day was established in 1890 as an international protest day for demanding a 8 hour working day, labour rights and for keeping the peace.
(R.145.20)
Price: 145.00
Size: 31.5x25cm./12.4×9.8inch.
Weight: 630gr./22.2oz.
Rocket with globe and inscription from the Military Aviation Technical School. The inscription reads:”To the colonel engineer Korgakov Alexander Mihaylovich on the day of his 50th. birthday of the staff of the Military Aviation Technical School in Vasilkov. November 26, 1972.”. Handmade metal rocket on acrylic base with plastic globe. Rocket can be lifted off the base.
(55.20)
(R.46.5.20)
Price: 55.00 euro
Size: 18.5cm./7.2inch.
Weight: 215gr./7.5oz.
A Komsomol boy with text book and golden rocket. On the rocket there is CCCP. Vintage porcelain.
The All Union Leninist Young Communist League, usually known as Komsomol, was a political youth organization in the Soviet Union. It is sometimes described as the youth division of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), although it was officially independent and referred to as “The helper and the reserve of the CPSU”. An estimated 2/3 of the Soviet population had been member of the Komsomol organisation.
(0.4.20)
Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 42x30cm./16.5×11.8inch.
Information paper made by the Februari Strike Commitee for the yearly commemoration of the Februari Strike wich happend in 1941 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The February Strike was a general strike in the German-occupied Netherlands in 1941, during World War II, organized by the then-outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands in defence of persecuted Dutch Jews and against the anti-Jewish measures and activities of the Nazis in general. The direct causes were a series of arrests and pogroms held by the Germans in the Jewish neighbourhood of Amsterdam.
It started on 25 February 1941 and lasted for two days; on 26 February, 300,000 people joined the strike. The strike was harshly suppressed by the Germans after three days. The 1941 February Strike is considered to be the first public protest against the Nazis in occupied Europe,and the only mass protest against the deportation of Jews to be organized by non-Jews.
Three communist organizers were shot to death after the strike and 12 communist organizers were sent to jails in Germany.








(10.20)
(2.5.20)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 18.5×12.5cm./7.2×4.9oz.
Weight: 41gr./1.4oz.
Pages: 13
Year: 1975
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book from North Korea, published in 1975..
This book once belonged to Andries Oele. Inside the book you’ll find the signature of him. Oele was a well-known and notorious radical Maoist in the 1970’s in the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He always stood out by standing at the back of a hall at meetings and public gatherings (such as May 1 celebrations) and shouting his slogans (“Death to capital! Long live Marxism-Leninism! Long live Chairman Mao!”). While the many small communist splinter groups were happy with any soul they could recruit, they would rather lose Andries than get rich. Nevertheless he was a member of KORO (Communist Organization Rotterdam and Surroundings).
Andries Oele worked in construction so the left-wing intellectual Rotterdam got some appreciation for this: a real worker, after all.
In 1977 Oele was caught in bed with someone’s wife. Her deceived husband immediately took a gun and shot both Andries and his own wife. A double murder. A Dutch Maoist publisher was asked to clean out Oele’s house.
Behind the frontdoor he found a wonderful house that had been completely renovated as if it were a ship’s cabin. You had to duck to go inside and could look through portholes to other dark spaces. He collected all Oele’s books, almost entirely Marxist-Leninist works and works by old Dutch socialists, such as Troelstra and Domela Nieuwenhuis.
(R.75.20)
Price: 90.00 euro
Size: 32.5x20cm./13.7×7.8inch
Weight: 1543gr./54.4oz.
Rocket photo frame, pen holder desk ornament. Made of stainless steel and stands on a white marble base. Photo holder can rotate 360 so that the photo can be placed in any position. It is also possible to place a photo at the front and back. Completely handmade, so unique.
Price: 1.50
Pin from the Soviet Union. The text on the pin reads:”History Of Religion And Atheism. Museum Leningrad”. The building on the pin is the Kazan Cathedral.
The construction of the cathedral started in 1801 and finished in 1811. The architect Andrey Voronikhin modelled the building on St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Although the Russian Orthodox Church strongly disapproved of the plans to create a replica of a Catholic basilica in Russia’s then capital, several courtiers supported the Empire Style design.
After Napoleon invaded Russia (1812) and the commander-in-chief General Mikhail Kutuzov asked The Lady of Kazan for help, the church’s purpose changed. When the war with Napolean ended the Russians saw the cathedral primarily as a memorial to their victory over Napoleon.
In 1876 the Kazan demonstration, the first political demonstration in Russia, took place in front of the church. After the Russian Revolution of 1917 the authorities closed the cathedral (January 1932). In November 1932 it reopened as the pro-Marxist “Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism”. Services resumed in 1992, and four years later the cathedral was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church.
(100.20)
(R.84.20)
Price: 100.00 euro
Size man: 16cm./6.2inch.
Size woman: 15.5cm./6.1inch.
Weight: 675gr./23.8oz.
Space travel male and female cosmonauts.
Just returned from a space mission, her with a bunch of flowers and him with stardust. They stand triumphantly waving to the audience. Vintage porcelain, undamaged.
(12.5.20)
Price: 25.00 euro
Size: 17x15cm./6.6×5.9inch.
Weight: 457gr./16.1oz.
Table medal from the DDR with a porcelain plate. This medal was rewarded when a person reached a 60 year membership of the SED, the ruling party of the DDR. The text in the box says:”Awarded By The Committee Of The Socialistic Unityparty Germany For 60 Year Membership Of The Workersparty”. The image on teh porcelain plate is probably Wilhelm Pieck, first chairman of the SED.
(1.21)
(0.4.20)
Price: 1.00 euro
Size: 15x10cm./5.9×3.9inch.
Entrance ticket for a gathering organized by the May 1st. (Labour Day) committee in the Netherlands. The ticket is from the late 70’s/early 80’s. It was organised in Amsterdam and after the gathering, with speakers and performances, there was a demonstration. The ticket is ripped wich was done when you entered the building with the ticket. There will be very few of this ticket left, if not this is the only one.
(10.21)
(2.5.20)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 18.5×12.5cm./7.2×4.9oz.
Weight: 69gr./2.4oz.
Pages: 38
Year: 1972
Book from North Korea, 1972,.
This book once belonged to Andries Oele. Inside the book you’ll find the signature of him. Oele was a well-known and notorious radical Maoist in the 1970’s in the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He always stood out by standing at the back of a hall at meetings and public gatherings (such as May 1 celebrations) and shouting his slogans (“Death to capital! Long live Marxism-Leninism! Long live Chairman Mao!”). While the many small communist splinter groups were happy with any soul they could recruit, they would rather lose Andries than get rich. Nevertheless he was a member of KORO (Communist Organization Rotterdam and Surroundings).
Andries Oele worked in construction so the left-wing intellectual Rotterdam got some appreciation for this: a real worker, after all.
In 1977 Oele was caught in bed with someone’s wife. Her deceived husband immediately took a gun and shot both Andries and his own wife. A double murder. A Dutch Maoist publisher was asked to clean out Oele’s house.
Behind the frontdoor he found a wonderful house that had been completely renovated as if it were a ship’s cabin. You had to duck to go inside and could look through portholes to other dark spaces. He collected all Oele’s books, almost entirely Marxist-Leninist works and works by old Dutch socialists, such as Troelstra and Domela Nieuwenhuis.
(R.65.20)
Price: 78.00 euro
Hungarian Little Pioneers Second stage. The outfit is from 1980 and never worn, once hung in a store and stored after the fall of the Soviet Union until now!
Little Pioneers The movement’s second phase began when children from the early years moved from primary school to upper grades, at about the age of ten.
They then exchanged their blue uniforms for red and now had 12 points to live up to:
1. A pioneer is loyal to our homeland, to the Hungarian People’s Republic, and works responsibly for them
2. A pioneer strengthens the friendship between nations and maintains the dignity of the red scarf
3. A pioneer studies hard and increases his knowledge of the world and himself
4. A pioneer practices and maintains the values of socialist society
5. A pioneer volunteers and helps his community
6. A pioneer behaves and speaks honestly
7. A pioneer loves and respects his parents, teachers, and elders
8. A pioneer is a loyal friend
9. A pioneer is courageous and disciplined
10. A pioneer loves and protects the environment
11. A pioneer exercises and takes care of his health
12. A pioneer lives in a way that does justice to the Hungarian Communist Youth Movement.
Price: 1.50
Pin from the Soviet Union. The text on the pin reads:”Leningrad” wich is now called St. Petersburg. The building on the pin is the Kazan Cathedral.
The construction of the cathedral started in 1801 and finished in 1811. The architect Andrey Voronikhin modelled the building on St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Although the Russian Orthodox Church strongly disapproved of the plans to create a replica of a Catholic basilica in Russia’s then capital, several courtiers supported the Empire Style design.
After Napoleon invaded Russia (1812) and the commander-in-chief General Mikhail Kutuzov asked The Lady of Kazan for help, the church’s purpose changed. When the war with Napolean ended the Russians saw the cathedral primarily as a memorial to their victory over Napoleon.
In 1876 the Kazan demonstration, the first political demonstration in Russia, took place in front of the church. After the Russian Revolution of 1917 the authorities closed the cathedral (January 1932). In November 1932 it reopened as the pro-Marxist “Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism”. Services resumed in 1992, and four years later the cathedral was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church.
(15.20)
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 47x33cm./18.5×12.9inch.
Beautiful propaganda art poster from Hungary. The poster says:”Long Live May 1st.”. May 1st, being labour day. There is black, white and yellow fist, representing all races around the world. The poster is made by Banhidi Andor.
Banhidi Andor (1910-1964) started his career as poster designer and painter in the 1930’s. He worked in every field of applied graphics design. Bánhidi designed decorative Art Deco inspired travel posters in the 1930’s. After World War II, he followed the strict socialist realist style. He introduced the representation of Lenin, Stalin and Rákosi to Hungarian poster art, and he also used communist symbols on the posters of national holidays, like the statue of liberty in Buda. Between 1958 and 1964 he was the head of the Graphics Department at the Academy of Fine Arts. .
(R.22.20)
Price: 26,.50 euro
Size: 21.5×16.5cm./8.4×6.4inch.
Weight: 94gr./3.3oz.
Handmade Copper wallpiece (of the Communist Youth Association Hungary. Flag of copper from the association building Elöre from the early 80’s, when Hungarian pioneers greeted each other with “Előre!” (Forward). At that time, the communist regime seemed to remain in power forever.
(4.20)
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 11cm./4.3inch.
Weight: 184gr./6.4oz.
Table medal from the DDR. The inlay reads:”Party School Karl Liebknecht at the Committee of the SED (Socialist Unity Party)”.
The Karl Liebknecht School was the party school of the German Communist Party.
Mainly it provides courses and seminars on Marxist theory for members of the party and people interested in Marxism. Introductory courses in Scientific Socialism, Dialectical Materialism and Historical Materialism are held. The school is named after the socialist and co-founder of the Communist Party of Germany, Karl Liebknecht.
(R.28.5.20)
Price: 30.00 euro
Size pin: 3x3cm./1.1×1.1oz.
Size box: 10×7.5cm./3.9×2.9oz.
Weight: 44gr./1.5oz.
What a special brooch and the way it is presented. When the file is opened the red ribbon unfolds and the brooch comes up, very beautiful. Brooch is metal gold colored. Box has some stains and red ribbon 2 holes, think that the pin was once secured there as well.
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Price: 2.50 euro
Size: 21.5x15cm./8.4×5.9inch.
Pages: 12
Brochure of the speech giving by Henk Hoekstra (party member of the Communist Party Netherlands) in 1981 to commemorate the February Strike in WWII (1941).
The February Strike was a general strike in the German-occupied Netherlands in 1941, during World War II, organized by the then-outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands in defence of persecuted Dutch Jews and against the anti-Jewish measures and activities of the Nazis in general. The direct causes were a series of arrests and pogroms held by the Germans in the Jewish neighbourhood of Amsterdam.
It started on 25 February 1941 and lasted for two days; on 26 February, 300,000 people joined the strike. The strike was harshly suppressed by the Germans after three days. The 1941 February Strike is considered to be the first public protest against the Nazis in occupied Europe,and the only mass protest against the deportation of Jews to be organized by non-Jews.
Three communist organizers were shot to death after the strike and 12 communist organizers were sent to jails in Germany.