Price: 25.00 euro Size: 12×8.5cm./4.7×3.3inch. Weight: 460gr./16.2oz. Year: 1985 For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Bottle holder made in 1985, in the Soviet Union for the 12th. World Festtival Of Youth And Students held in 1985. The text on the bottle holder reads:”World Friendship”, and below that:”XII Moscow 1985″. The 12th World Festival of Youth and Students was a festival held in Moscow from July 27 to August 3, 1985.[The festival was attended by 26,000 people from 157 countries. The slogan of the festival was “For anti-imperialist solidarity, peace and friendship”.
Glass made in Cuba. The text on the glass reads:”Long Live Free Cuba! Memory of the triumphant revolution in January 1st. 1959″. On the glass are 4 heads; Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Manuel Urrutia Lleó and Camilo Cienfuegos.
Glass made in Cuba. The text on the glass reads:”Long Live Free Cuba! Memory of the triumphant revolution in January 1st. 1959″. On the glass are 4 heads; Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Manuel Urrutia Lleó and Camilo Cienfuegos.
Glass made in Cuba. The text on the glass reads:”Long Live Free Cuba! Memory of the triumphant revolution in January 1st. 1959″. On the glass are 4 heads; Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Manuel Urrutia Lleó and Camilo Cienfuegos.
Glass made in Cuba. The text on the glass reads:”Long Live Free Cuba! Memory of the triumphant revolution in January 1st. 1959″. On the glass are 4 heads; Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Manuel Urrutia Lleó and Camilo Cienfuegos.
Glass made in Cuba. The text on the glass reads:”Long Live Free Cuba! Memory of the triumphant revolution in January 1st. 1959″. On the glass are 4 heads; Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Manuel Urrutia Lleó and Camilo Cienfuegos.
Glass made in Cuba. The text on the top of the glass reads:”But the agrarian reform goes!”. Beneath that there are 2 quotes from Jose Marti and Fidel Castro. The text on the bottom of the glass reads:”Remembrance of the peasant concentration, Havana, 26th. July 1959″.
Price: 20.00 euro Size: 11.5x7cm./4.5×2.7inch. Weight: 102gr./3.6oz. Year: 1961 For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Glass made in Cuba, 1961. The text on the glass reads:”July 26th., 1961 Long Live Our Socialist Revolution!”. The glass was made to remember the Cuban revolution wich started on the 26th. of July 1953 and succeeded in 1958.
Glass made in Cuba. The text on teh glass reads:”Rivero Aguero. Senator No.9″. Andrés Rivero Agüero (1905-1996) was a Cuban politician who served as the 12th Prime Minister of Cuba and was elected president of Cuba in the 1958 Cuban presidential election. Elected a city councilman in Santiago de Cuba, he quickly became a leader of the Liberal Party, and was befriended by Fulgencio Batista. During Batista’s first administration (1940–1944), Rivero served as Minister of Agriculture, and implemented Batista’s plan for resettling landless peasants in Oriente Province. During General Batista’s exile in the United States from 1944-1952, Rivero practised law in Cuba and wrote political commentary for several periodicals. When Batista returned to run for President of Cuba in 1952, Rivero helped to organise Batista’s United Action Party. He supported Batista’s military coup on 10 March 1952, and thereafter served as Minister of Education in Batista’s second administration. Elected a Senator from Pinar del Río province in 1954, Rivero became Cuba’s prime minister. Rivero resigned his premiership in 1958 to run for President of Cuba. He received the support of Batista’s Progressive Action Party, and three other pro-government parties. Rivero was declared the winner of the elections, which were speculated by many to have been rigged with the support of the United States government in an effort to repel the ongoing Cuban revolution. After the election, Rivero entered into conversations with U.S. Ambassador Earl E. T. Smith, and with leading Cuban politicians, to resolve the crisis caused by the ongoing rebellion led by Fidel Castro.
Glass made in Cuba. The text on the top of the glass reads:”Progressive Action Party”. On the glass are three members of the party. The Progressive Action Party was a Cuban political party led by Fulgencio Batista. The party was founded on 1 April 1949. It presented its first manifesto on 1 August. In 1952, certain to lose the election, Batista made a coup d’etat by seizing the Presidency. The party also ran in the elections of 1954 and 1958, winning due to the early withdrawal of opponents, as well as electoral fraud. The party was based on a combination of strong conservatism and economic liberalism on a large scale, to attract American capital in Cuba. This led to a high level of corruption and poverty plaguing the country. Other signature of the party was anti-communism. The party was dissolved following the Cuban Revolution of 1959, which ousted Batista causing it to flee abroad and led to the establishment of the revolutionary government of Fidel Castro, which officially became a communist regime in 1961.
Shot glass with the image of Che Guevara. Ernesto “Che” Guevara (1928-1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture. As a young medical student, Guevara traveled throughout South America and was radicalized by the poverty, hunger, and disease he witnessed. His desire to help overturn what he saw as the capitalist exploitation of Latin America by the United States. prompted his involvement in Guatemala’s social reforms. Later in Mexico City, Guevara met Raúl and Fidel Castro, joined their 26th of July Movement, and sailed to Cuba aboard the yacht Granma with the intention of overthrowing U.S.-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Guevara soon rose to prominence among the insurgents, was promoted to second in command and played a pivotal role in the victorious two-year guerrilla campaign that deposed the Batista regime.
Teaspoon with the image of Che Guevara. Ernesto “Che” Guevara (1928-1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture. As a young medical student, Guevara traveled throughout South America and was radicalized by the poverty, hunger, and disease he witnessed. His desire to help overturn what he saw as the capitalist exploitation of Latin America by the United States. prompted his involvement in Guatemala’s social reforms. Later in Mexico City, Guevara met Raúl and Fidel Castro, joined their 26th of July Movement, and sailed to Cuba aboard the yacht Granma with the intention of overthrowing U.S.-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Guevara soon rose to prominence among the insurgents, was promoted to second in command and played a pivotal role in the victorious two-year guerrilla campaign that deposed the Batista regime.
Teaspoon with the image of Fidel Castro. The text on the spoon reads:”Leader of the revolution”. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (1926-2016) was a Cuban revolutionary, lawyer, and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and state socialist reforms were implemented throughout society. Castro adopted leftist and anti-imperialist ideas while studying law at the University of Havana. After participating in rebellions against right-wing governments in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, he planned the overthrow of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, launching a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks in 1953. After a year’s imprisonment, Castro traveled to Mexico where he formed a revolutionary group, the 26th of July Movement, with his brother Raúl Castro and Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Returning to Cuba, Castro took a key role in the Cuban Revolution by leading the Movement in a guerrilla war against Batista’s forces from the Sierra Maestra. After Batista’s overthrow in 1959, Castro assumed military and political power as Cuba’s prime minister. The United States came to oppose Castro’s government and unsuccessfully attempted to remove him by assassination, economic blockade, and counter-revolution, including the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961. Countering these threats, Castro aligned with the Soviet Union and allowed the Soviets to place nuclear weapons in Cuba, resulting in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Saucer made in Cuba with the image of Che Guevara. Ernesto “Che” Guevara (1928-1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture. As a young medical student, Guevara traveled throughout South America and was radicalized by the poverty, hunger, and disease he witnessed. His desire to help overturn what he saw as the capitalist exploitation of Latin America by the United States. prompted his involvement in Guatemala’s social reforms. Later in Mexico City, Guevara met Raúl and Fidel Castro, joined their 26th of July Movement, and sailed to Cuba aboard the yacht Granma with the intention of overthrowing U.S.-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Guevara soon rose to prominence among the insurgents, was promoted to second in command and played a pivotal role in the victorious two-year guerrilla campaign that deposed the Batista regime.
Vase made in Hungary 1958 for the International Congress of Workers Youth Prague Congress. It was held from 14 to July 20, 1958. Great ascension of 2 young people with the flag behind them. Handpainted. Nice big undamaged vase. How much of these survived?
Vase made in the Soviet Union, 1970, for the anniversary of the 100th. birthyear of Lenin. The vase is designed by Tibor Nádai. Lenin’s original name was Vladimir Iljitsj Oeljanov. He lived from 1870-1924. He was a revolutionairy and the first leader of the Soviet Union. His political and social ideas, known as Leninism, was based on the social ideas of Karl Marx, called Marxism. After the october revolution in 1917 he was the first leader of the Soviet Union and put in place the first communist party and the first communist state in the world. His supporters were called the Bolsheviks. In the early 20’s Lenin had a series of strokes on wich he died in 1924. After losing is ability to speak. Lenin’s body was embalmed to preserve it for long term public display in the Red Square mausoleum. During this process, Lenin’s brain was removed. Lenin’s body is still on display. It is assumed that Lenin’s alias was chosen from the river Lena. One of the longest river in the world.
Price: 12.50 euro Size: 13x6cm./5.1×2.3inch. Weight: 122gr./4.3oz. Year: 1978 For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Glass made in the DDR, 1978. Made for the 11th. world festival of youths and students that year held in Cuba. The 11th World Festival of Youth and Students was held from 27 July to 3 August 1978 in Havana, capital city of Cuba. The festival was attended by 18,500 young people from 145 countries. The motto of the festival was “For Anti-imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship”. The proposal to hold the 11th festival in Cuba was supported at the 10th General Assembly of the World Federation of Democratic Youth held in November 1974 in Varna, Bulgaria. The First Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba approved a resolution on hosting the 11th Festival. The festival started on 28 July 1978, thousands of young people from around the world marching three kilometers through the main avenues of the capital towards the Latin American Stadium where the opening ceremony was held. It ended on 5 August 1978 with a huge demonstration in the historic Plaza de la Revolución José Martí.
Price: 10.00 euro Size: 16.5×5.5cm./6.4×2.1inch. Weight: 121gr./4.2oz. Year: 1984 For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Glass made in the DDR, 1984. The text on the glass reads:”35 Years DDR”, the text at the bottom of the glass is the factory the glass was made. The DDR was a state that existed from 1949 to 1990, when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state, it described itself as a socialist workers and peasants’ state. After WWII the Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin but did not include it; as a result, West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the DDR. Soviet forces remained in the country throughout the Cold War. Until 1989. The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Construction of the Wall was commenced by the DDR on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, accompanied by a wide area (later known as the “death strip”) that contained anti-vehicle trenches, “fakir beds” and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc portrayed the Wall as protecting its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the “will of the people” in building a socialist state in East Germany.
Glass made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”Socialist military organization of the DDR”. With GST 30. If it means the 30th. anniversary of the GST the glass would be from 1982. The Sport and Technology Association (GST) was established in 1952 and ended in 1990. In 1988 it had 600.000 members. It was one of the East German “Mass Orgganizationss”. It was established to structure the free time of young people interested in sports and technology in group activities. Each member was asked to bring in their technological equipment such as, motorcycles, aircraft, radios, and to pratice sports and participate in competitions such as motorraces and shooting. The association worked closely with the National People’s Army (NVA) in order to give children a pre militairy and discipline training.
Price: 10.00 euro Size: 14x5cm./5.5×1.9inch. Weight: 109gr./3.8oz. Year: 1974 For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Glass made in the DDR, 1974. The text on the glass reads:”25 years DDR”. The DDR was a state that existed from 1949 to 1990, when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state, it described itself as a socialist workers and peasants’ state. After WWII the Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin but did not include it; as a result, West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the DDR. Soviet forces remained in the country throughout the Cold War. Until 1989. The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Construction of the Wall was commenced by the DDR on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, accompanied by a wide area (later known as the “death strip”) that contained anti-vehicle trenches, “fakir beds” and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc portrayed the Wall as protecting its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the “will of the people” in building a socialist state in East Germany.
Glass made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”Brothers in class, brothers in arms” meaning the Warsaw Pact. The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance of communist countries that existed between 1955 and 1991. It was established as a counterpart to NATO at the suggestion of Soviet party leader Nikita Khrushchev. The treaty was signed on 14 May 1955 in the Polish capital, Warsaw, in response to NATO by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, the GDR, Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia. All but one of the communist states in Eastern Europe were members: only Yugoslavia was left out. The members of the pact promised to defend each other if one or more members were attacked.
Glass made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”From the classes and brothers in arms”, and in the logo”Brotherhood in arms”, meaning the Warsaw Pact. The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance of communist countries that existed between 1955 and 1991. It was established as a counterpart to NATO at the suggestion of Soviet party leader Nikita Khrushchev. The treaty was signed on 14 May 1955 in the Polish capital, Warsaw, in response to NATO by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, the GDR, Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia. All but one of the communist states in Eastern Europe were members: only Yugoslavia was left out. The members of the pact promised to defend each other if one or more members were attacked.
Mug made in the DDR for the FDJ about the MMM competition. The fair of the masters of tomorrow (MMM) was a youth competition in the GDR. Medals were awarded as prizes. It was organized by the FDJ and took place annually from 1958 to 1990. The aim was to increase interest in technology and science among socialist youth and thus to create new generation of engineers. The first events took place at school or company level; here you could qualify for the district, district and republic level. In October 1958 the Central Fair of Tomorrow’s Masters (ZMMM) took place for the first time and thereafter annually in Leipzig. For the purpose of fulfilling the plans for operational innovations, some marginal improvements were stylized as trade fair exhibits, so that the abbreviation MMM was turned 180 degrees (“upside down”) and became WWW “We Wurschteln Weiter” (We Struggle Forwards).
Glass made in the DDR about the FDJ MMM competition. At the bottom of the glass is the company name. The fair of the masters of tomorrow (MMM) was a youth competition in the GDR. Medals were awarded as prizes. It was organized by the FDJ and took place annually from 1958 to 1990. The aim was to increase interest in technology and science among socialist youth and thus to create new generation of engineers. The first events took place at school or company level; here you could qualify for the district, district and republic level. In October 1958 the Central Fair of Tomorrow’s Masters (ZMMM) took place for the first time and thereafter annually in Leipzig. For the purpose of fulfilling the plans for operational innovations, some marginal improvements were stylized as trade fair exhibits, so that the abbreviation MMM was turned 180 degrees (“upside down”) and became WWW “We Wurschteln Weiter” (We Struggle Forwards).
Price: 12.50 euro Size: 13.5×6.5cm./5.3×2.5inch. Weight: 133gr./4.5oz. Year: 1971 For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Glass made in the DDR, 1971. The text on the glass reads:”25th. anniversary FDJ″. The Free German Youth, also known as the FDJ (in German Freie Deutsche Jugend), is a youth movement in Germany. Formerly it was the official youth movement of the DDR and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The color blue was their primary colour. The organization was meant for young people, both male and female, between the ages of 14 and 25. In 1981 it had 2.3 million members. After being a member of the Thalmann Pioneers, which was for schoolchildren ages 6 to 14, East German youths would usually join the FDJ. Those who did not join lost access to organized holidays, and found it difficult to be admitted to universities, pursue chosen careers etc. The majority of youths who refused to join did so for religious reasons. While the movement was intended to promote Marxist–Leninist ideology among East Germany’s young people, it also arranged thousands of holidays for young people through its Jugendtourist agency, and ran discos and open air rock concerts.
Price: 10.00 euro Size: 13x5cm./5.1×1.9inch. Weight: 133gr./3.8oz. Year: 1975 For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Glass made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”10 years FDJ student brigades. Students summer 1975″. The Free German Youth, also known as the FDJ (in German Freie Deutsche Jugend), is a youth movement in Germany. Formerly it was the official youth movement of the DDR and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The color blue was their primary colour. The organization was meant for young people, both male and female, between the ages of 14 and 25. In 1981 it had 2.3 million members. After being a member of the Thalmann Pioneers, which was for schoolchildren ages 6 to 14, East German youths would usually join the FDJ. Those who did not join lost access to organized holidays, and found it difficult to be admitted to universities, pursue chosen careers etc. The majority of youths who refused to join did so for religious reasons. While the movement was intended to promote Marxist–Leninist ideology among East Germany’s young people, it also arranged thousands of holidays for young people through its Jugendtourist agency, and ran discos and open air rock concerts.
Glass made in the DDR. The text above the FDJ logo reads:”Natural Gas Route”. The text on the gaspipe reads:”Central Youth Property”. The Druzhba route, named after the Russian word Дружба for “friendship”, was the 550 km long construction phase of the 2,750 km long natural gas pipeline “Soyuz”. The “Trasse” was built by the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as the central youth property of the Free German Youth (FDJ). The length of the GDR section was 518 kilometers. This natural gas route was built in several stages over decades. Today the pipeline on the German section is operated by the Schwedt mineral oil network.
Glass made in the DDR. The text around the FDJ logo reads:”Military Training Camp Kreis Stolberg”. The Free German Youth, also known as the FDJ (in German Freie Deutsche Jugend), is a youth movement in Germany. Formerly it was the official youth movement of the DDR and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The color blue was their primary colour. The organization was meant for young people, both male and female, between the ages of 14 and 25. In 1981 it had 2.3 million members. After being a member of the Thalmann Pioneers, which was for schoolchildren ages 6 to 14, East German youths would usually join the FDJ. Those who did not join lost access to organized holidays, and found it difficult to be admitted to universities, pursue chosen careers etc. The majority of youths who refused to join did so for religious reasons. While the movement was intended to promote Marxist–Leninist ideology among East Germany’s young people, it also arranged thousands of holidays for young people through its Jugendtourist agency, and ran discos and open air rock concerts.
Price: 15.00 euro Size: 16x5cm./6.2×1.9inch. Weight: 118gr./4.1oz. Year: 1976 For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Glass made in the DDR, 1976. The text on the glass reads:”20 Years NVA”. The NVA was formed in 1956 to succeed the Kasernierte Volkspolizei (Barracked People’s Police) and influenced by the Soviet Army, becoming one of the Warsaw Pact militaries opposing NATO during the Cold War. The majority of NATO officers rated the NVA the best military in the Warsaw Pact based on discipline, thoroughness of training, and the quality of officer leadership. The NVA did not see significant combat but participated in the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, deployed military advisors to communist governments in other countries, and manned the Berlin Wall where they were responsible for numerous deaths. The NVA was dissolved in 1990 and its facilities and equipment were handed over to the Bundeswehr (the armed forces of West Germany), which also absorbed most of its personnel below the rank of non-commissioned officer.
Glass made in the DDR. On the glass is an image of the Soviet Katyusha rocket launcher. The Katyusha multiple rocket launcher is a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. Multiple rocket launchers such as these deliver explosives to a target area more intensively than conventional artillery, but with lower accuracy and requiring a longer time to reload. They are fragile compared to artillery guns, but are cheap, easy to produce, and usable on any chassis. The Katyushas of World War II, the first self-propelled artillery mass-produced by the Soviet Union, were usually mounted on ordinary trucks. This mobility gave the Katyusha, and other self-propelled artillery, another advantage: being able to deliver a large blow all at once, and then move before being located and attacked with counter-battery fire.
Glass made in the DDR. On the glass is an image of the Kirov Cruiser, launced in 1977 wich would be the first ship in the Kirov Class cruisers. In total 4 ships were made. The Kirov Cruiser was commisioned in 1980 and scraped in 2021. Kirov is the lead ship of the Kirov class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers. Originally built for the Soviet Navy and passed onto the succeeding Russian Navy, she and her three sister ships are the largest and heaviest surface combatant warships ever built.
Glass made in the DDR. On the glass is an image of the Soviet T-34 tank. The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank introduced in 1940. Its 76.2 mm tank gun was more powerful than its contemporaries while its 60 degree sloped armour provided good protection against anti-tank weapons. The T-34 had a profound effect on the conflict on the Eastern Front in the Second World War, and had a lasting impact on tank design. After the Germans encountered the tank in 1941 during Operation Barbarossa, German general Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist called it “the finest tank in the world” and Heinz Guderian affirmed the T-34’s “vast superiority” over German tanks. The Soviets ultimately built over 80.000 T-34s of all variants, allowing steadily greater numbers to be fielded despite the loss of tens of thousands in combat against the German Wehrmacht. Replacing many light and medium tanks in Red Army service, it was the most-produced tank of the war, as well as the second most-produced tank of all time (after its successor, the T-54/T-55 series). With 44,900 lost during the war, it also suffered the most tank losses ever.
Glass made in the DDR. On the glass is an image of the Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack plane. The Ilyushin Il-2 is a ground-attack aircraft produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. During the war, 36,183 units of the Il-2 were produced, and in combination with its successor, the Ilyushin Il-10, a total of 42,330 were built, making it the single most produced military aircraft design in aviation history, as well as one of the most produced piloted aircraft in history along with the American postwar civilian Cessna 172.
Price: 12.50 euro Size: 15×6cm./5.9×2.4inch. Weight: 161gr./5.6oz. Year: 1977 For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Glass made in the DDR, 1977. The glass was made to celebrate 60 years of October Revolution. The October Revolution was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin. It followed and capitalized on the February Revolution of the same year, which overthrew the Tsarist autocracy and resulted in a provisional government. As the October Revolution was not universally recognized, there followed the struggles of the Russian Civil War (1917–22) and the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922. The Bolsheviks would become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Stalin was one of the militairy leaders of the Bolsheviks and took control over the Soviet Union after Lenin’s death in 1924.
Glass made in the DDR, 1978. The text reads:”20 Years Civil Defense”. The Civil Defense of the DDR was an organization for the protection of the population, the economy, vital facilities and cultural values against the consequences of disasters and accidents. In the event of war, it should also serve to protect its own population from military operations.
Glass made in the DDR, 1975. The text on the logo reads:”Civil Defense”, and beneath the logo:”Order ’75”. The Civil Defense of the DDR was an organization for the protection of the population, the economy, vital facilities and cultural values against the consequences of disasters and accidents. In the event of war, it should also serve to protect its own population from military operations.
Glass made in the DDR. On the glass is the logo of the GST (Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik, Sport and Technology Association). The Sport and Technology Association was established in 1952 and ended in 1990. In 1988 it had 600.000 members. It was one of the East German “Mass Orgganizationss”. It was established to structure the free time of young people interested in sports and technology in group activities. Each member was asked to bring in their technological equipment such as, motorcycles, aircraft, radios, and to pratice sports and participate in competitions such as motorraces and shooting. The association worked closely with the National People’s Army (NVA) in order to give children a pre militairy and discipline training.
Glass made in the DDR. On the glass is the logo of the GST (Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik, Sport and Technology Association). The text on the bottom of the glass is the name of a soccerteam. Probably they gave them this glass for participating in a soccer competition. The Sport and Technology Association was established in 1952 and ended in 1990. In 1988 it had 600.000 members. It was one of the East German “Mass Orgganizationss”. It was established to structure the free time of young people interested in sports and technology in group activities. Each member was asked to bring in their technological equipment such as, motorcycles, aircraft, radios, and to pratice sports and participate in competitions such as motorraces and shooting. The association worked closely with the National People’s Army (NVA) in order to give children a pre militairy and discipline training.
Glass made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”Soldier’s mission, Like Thälmann, determined to fight, ready for battle at any time”. Ernst Thalmann (1886-1944) was a German communist politician. He was leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) from 1925 to 1933. A committed Stalinist, murdered by the Nazi’s in 1944.
Glass made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”Soldier’s mission, Like Thälmann, determined to fight, ready for battle at any time”. Ernst Thalmann (1886-1944) was a German communist politician. He was leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) from 1925 to 1933. A committed Stalinist, murdered by the Nazi’s in 1944.
Glass made in the DDR with the coat of arms. The text on the glass reads:”For the protection of workers and farmers”. On the backside of the glass are some navy ships.
Glass made in the DDR for the Border Patrol. The text on the glass reads:”Border Patrol of the DDR”. The Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic was the border guard of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1946 to 1990. The Grenztruppen were the primary force guarding the Berlin Wall and the Inner German border. The force belonged to the Ministry of National Defence (MfNV) from 1961, and was a service branch of the National People’s Army until 1971 when it became directly subordinate to the MfNV. The Border Troops numbered approximately 47,000 personnel at its peak, consisting of volunteers and conscripts, the third largest Warsaw Pact border guard after Soviet Union and Poland. The Grenztruppen main role was preventing Republikflucht, the illegal migration from the GDR, and were controversially responsible for many deaths at the Berlin Wall. At least 29 border guards were killed in the line of duty, and many faced criminal charges after German Reunification.
Glass made in the DDR for the Border Patrol. The Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic was the border guard of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1946 to 1990. The Grenztruppen were the primary force guarding the Berlin Wall and the Inner German border. The force belonged to the Ministry of National Defence (MfNV) from 1961, and was a service branch of the National People’s Army until 1971 when it became directly subordinate to the MfNV. The Border Troops numbered approximately 47,000 personnel at its peak, consisting of volunteers and conscripts, the third largest Warsaw Pact border guard after Soviet Union and Poland. The Grenztruppen main role was preventing Republikflucht, the illegal migration from the GDR, and were controversially responsible for many deaths at the Berlin Wall. At least 29 border guards were killed in the line of duty, and many faced criminal charges after German Reunification.
Beer glas made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”Thanks and recognition for merits in the combat course socialist military training”, and on the right in black:”Always alert, strong in battle, and ready for battle”.
Price: 10.00 euro Size: 16×5cm./6.2×1.9inch. Weight: 120gr./4.2oz. Year: 1976 For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Beer glas made in the DDR, 1976. The text on the glass reads:”As a class struggle, the military resources are kept working at any time″. The party congress of the SED was the highest party organ of the SED. The Central Committee of the SED was determined at the party congress. The party conferences took place in East Berlin. The SED party conferences were largely prepared and staged by the party leadership. The delegates of the party congress were selected and invited by the Central Committee of the SED. Care was taken to select an appropriate proportion of women and young people, as well as “model workers”. The candidates chosen by the Central Committee were then ostensibly elected in local conferences of delegates.
Price: 10.00 euro Size: 15×6cm./5.9×2.3inch. Weight: 116gr./5.5oz. Year: 1973 For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Beer glass for celebrating 20 years KDA made in 1973. The text on the glass reads:”20 Years Combat Troops Of The Working Class” the text in the logo reads:”for excellence in combat and operational readiness”. The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.
Beer glass for celebrating 35 years KDA made in 1988. The text on the glass reads:”35 Years Combat Troops Of The Working Class” and below:”Combat Unit Georg Dreke”. The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.
Price: 10.00 euro Size: 14×6cm./5.5×2.3inch. Weight: 116gr./5.2oz. Year: 1983 For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Beer glass for celebrating 30 years KDA made in 1983. The text on the glass reads:”30 Years Combat Troops Of The Working Class”. The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.
Price: 10.00 euro Size: 13×6cm./5.1×2.3inch. Weight: 116gr./3.7oz. Year: 1978 For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Beer glass for celebrating 25 years KDA made in 1978. The text on the glass reads:”25 Years Combat Troops Of The Working Class”. The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.
Glass made in the DDR for the KDA. The text on the front reads:”SED Districtmanagement”. The SED (Socialist Unity Party of Germany) was the ruling party of the DDR. At the bottom of the glass it says:”Templin” wich is a city in Germany. In the middle of the glass the text reads:”For the protection of workers and farmers”. The hand with the rifle and flag is the symbol of the KDA. The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.
Price: 10.00 euro Size: 16.5x6cm./6.4×2.3inch. Weight: 138gr./4.8oz. Year: 1976 For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Glass made in the DDR for the KDA. The text on the front reads:”For the protection of workers and farmers” and:”Districtspartakiade Combat Groups of the Workingclass, Halle, 1976″. Spartakiade are sportgames similair to the Olympic Games. The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.
Price: 12.50 euro Size: 13.5x6cm./5.3×2.3inch. Weight: 144gr./5oz. Year: 1988 For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Longdrink glass for celebrating 35 years KDA made in 1988. The text on the glass reads:”35 Years Combat Troops Of The Working Class. Unit Erich Pflug”. The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.
Price: 10.00 euro Size: 16×5.5cm./6.2×2.1inch. Weight: 116gr./4oz. Year: 1978 For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Beer glass for celebrating 25 years KDA made in 1978. The text on the glass reads:”25 Years Combat Troops Of The Working Class”. The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.
Beer glass KDA made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”Combat Groups Hundred”. The KDA were organized into units called Hundertschaften and battalions. Hundertschaften (hundreds) were the primary units of the KdA, made up of about 100 workers from large factories or even neighborhoods who sought to “defend the property of the people”. Each hundred was organized into three platoons, each containing three groups (squads). The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.
Price: 10.00 euro Size: 15.5×6.5cm./6.1×2.5inch. Weight: 164gr./5.7oz. Year: 1978 For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Beer glass for celebrating 25 years KDA made in 1978. The text on the glass reads:”25 Years Combat Troops Of The Working Class”. The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.
Price: 12.50 euro Size: 15.5×6.5cm./6.1×2.5inch. Weight: 164gr./5.7oz. Year: 1978 For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Congac tulip glass for celebrating 25 years KDA made in 1978. The text on the glass reads:”25 Years Combat Troops Of The Working Class”. The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.
Vase made in the Soviet Union about the GTO organisation. GTO was the All-Union physical culture training programme, introduced in the USSR on March 11, 1931 on the initiative of the Komsomol (the youth movement). It was a complement to the Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR. While the latter provided Soviet physical education system requirements only for athletes, GTO was a programme for all Soviet people of almost all ages. By the year 1976, 220 million people were awarded GTO badges, while in 1986 the tests were passed by 33.9 million people. After the breakup of the USSR in 1991, the GTO programme was eliminated in the most of former Soviet republics. In Russia the GTO programme did not exist for some ten years, but has begun to be revived since 2003. On March 24, 2014 president Vladimir Putin signed a decree to restore GTO in modern Russian Federation under the same traditional name.
Price: 62.00 euro Size big vase: 30×11.5cm./11.8×4.5inch. Size smaller size: 25x9cm./9.8×3.5inch. Weight big vase: 1511gr./53.2oz. Weight smaller vase: 1054gr./37.1oz. For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Set of 2 vases from Hungary with military coat of arms, honor branches, hammer and sickle and an image of Lenin Cool item that can be used daily.
Price: 35.00 euro Each Size: 6.7cm./2.6inch. (diameter) Weight: 135gr./4.7oz. For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Tea cup holder made in the Soviet Union, made by Podstakannik Melchior, with an image of a Troika. A Troika is a traditional Russian harness driving combination, using three horses abreast, usually pulling a sleigh.
Cofee cup made in the Ukraine. The image on the cup is the Order Of The Patriotic War medal. The Order of the Patriotic War is a Soviet military decoration that was awarded to soldiers in the Soviet armed forces, security troops, and to partisans for heroic deeds during the German-Soviet War, known by the former Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War. In order to inspire soldiers to preform heroic acts during the war, the soviet union issued a large number of expensively made medals. The Order Of The Patriotic war came in 2 classes. 1st. class and 2nd. class, breaking the tradition of a classless society. The 1st. class was for truly heroic acts such as; bringing two enemy planes down as a pilot, destroy 2 or more tanks, sinking a warship or do repairs while on enemy fire. The 2nd. class was for less heroic deeds. In 1985, during the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, it was decided that all surviving veterans of the war would be awarded either 2nd or 1st class of the Order, and about 2,054,000 first class and 5,408,000 second class were issued then. As of January 1992, the total number of all awarded Orders was 2,487,098 first class and 6,688,497 second class variants. Almost 10 million in total.
Price: 7.50 euro Size: 13×8.5cm./6.6×3.9inch. Weight: 600gr./17.9oz. Year: 1976 For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Beer mug from the DDR from the border patrol. The text on the mug reads:”30 Years Border Patrol DDR”. The various bordr patrol regiments were named after historical figures. In this case it was Neihardt V. Gneisenau. August Wilhelm Antonius Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760-1831) was a Prussian field marshal. He was a prominent figure in the reform of the Prussian military and the War of Liberation. He took part in the Waterloo Battle against Napoleon.
Beer mug from the DDR from the border patrol. The text on the mug reads:”Border Troops DDR”. The various border troop regiments were named after historical or important figures. This was the Herbert Warnke Regiment. Herbert Warnke (1902-1975) was an East German trade unionist and politician who served as both Chairman of the Free German Trade Union Federation and a member of the Politburo of the Socialist Unity Party.
Price: 45.00 euro Size: 26.5x11cm./10.4×4.3inch. Weight: 726gr./25oz. Year: 1983 For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Porcelain MGB vase made in 1983. The MGB was the name of the Soviet state security apparatus dealing with internal and external security issues: secret police duties, foreign and domestic intelligence and counterintelligence. It later became the KGB.
SCSP cup made in Czechoslovakia. In good condition. The SCSP was a friendship organisation between Czechoslovakia and Soviet Russia. SCSP stands for “Svaz Ceskoslovensko Sovetskeho Pratelstvi”, wich means: “Union of Czechoslovakia/Soviet Union Friendship”.
Sputnik tea glass holders. Sputnik was the first thing ever shot into space by a human. The tea glass holder is made of silver plated Melchior (cupronickel) in the USSR, 1960s.
Price: 57.00 euro Size: 50x29cm./19.6×11.4inch. Weight: 1236gr./43.6oz.
Beautiful very rare Lenin tray.Asymmetrical. What a shape, ticks all the boxes: Red, Enamel, Lenin, Star, Vintage. Beautiful with a set of Soviet tea glasses or other items.
