Aluminium wall plate with a purple inner circle. The image of the plate is one of the horse statues on the Anichkov Bridge St. Petersburg (formerly known as Leningrad). On each corner of the bridge there is a different Horse Tamer statue.
Wallplate made in the DDR, 1987. The text on the plate reads:”70 Years” and is refferig to the October Revolution in 1917. The text above the ship reads:”October Revolution”. The ship is the Aurora who fired the first shot in St. Petersburg.
Wallplate made in the DDR with the image of Ernst Thalmann. 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, Thalmann played a major role in the political instability of the Weimar Republic in its final years, when the KPD explicitly sought the overthrow of the liberal democracy of the republic. Under his leadership the KPD became intimately associated with the government of the Soviet Union and the policies of Joseph Stalin, and from 1928 the party was largely controlled and funded by Stalin’s government. The KPD under Thalmann’s leadership regarded the Social Democratic Party (SPD) as Social fascists. Thalmann viewed the Nazi Party as a lesser evil than the social democrats, and in 1931 his party cooperated with the Nazis in an attempt to bring down the social democrat state government. Thalmann believed that a Nazi dictatorship would fail due to flawed economic policies and lead to a revolutionary situation in which the communist party gained power. Thalmann was also leader of the paramilitary Roter Frontkampferbund, which was banned as extremist by the governing social democrats in 1929, and in 1932 he established Antifaschistische Aktion or Antifa, which concentrated its attacks on the social democrats. He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1933 and held in solitary confinement for eleven years; Stalin did not seek his release when he entered into the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact with Germany, and Thalmann’s party rival Walter Ulbricht ignored requests to plead on his behalf. Many of Thalmann’s closest associates who had emigrated to the Soviet Union were executed during the Great Purge of the 1930s. Thalmann was shot in Buchenwald on Adolf Hitler’s personal orders in 1944. In the First World War he was posted to the artillery on the western front, where he stayed till the end of the war, during the course of which he was wounded twice. He said that he fought in the following battles: Battle of Champagne (1915–1916), Battle of the Somme (1916), Second battle of the Aisne, Battle of Soissons, Battle of Cambrai (1917) and Battle of Arras (1917).
Wallplate made in the DDR with the image of Karl Marx. The image is the big bust of Karl in the city of Chemnitz and made by Kerbel. On the background there is the text:”Proletarians Of The World Unite!” in different languages. Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German thinker and philosopher. He created the workers movement. His most important work is Das Kapital and the Communist Manifest. Bassicly he was the inventor of communism. His work and thoughts are called Marxism. Lenin was a strong believer of Marxism when he was turning Russia into the first communist state after the October Revolution in 1917. Friedrich Engels was his lifetime friend and was supporting Karl financially and publiced many of Karl Marx writings after the death of Karl.
Wallplate made in Cuba. The figure on the plate is Eduardo Chibas. Eduardo René Chibás Ribas (1907-1951) was a Cuban politician who used radio to broadcast his political views to the public. He primarily denounced corruption and gangsterism rampant during the governments of Ramón Grau and Carlos Prío which preceded the Batista era. He believed corruption was the most important problem Cuba faced. Born in Santiago de Cuba to Eduardo Justo Chibás Guerra and Gloria de Ribas Agramonte, Chibás’ strong nationalism is considered to be an inspiration for the Cuban Revolution. In 1947 he formed the Orthodox Party, a strongly anti-imperialist group, which had the goal of exposing government corruption and bringing about revolutionary change through constitutional means. Chibás lost the 1948 election for president, finishing in third place. He was an extremely strong critic of that election’s winner, Carlos Prío Socarrás. He was considered a favorite in the 1952 presidential election, but committed suicide a year before Fulgencio Batista seized control of the Cuban government.
Eduardo ChibasEduardo during a speechFuneral ChibasCrowd at the funural
Wallplate made in the DDR, 1979. The text on the plate reads:”30 Years German Democratic Republic 1949-1979″. 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.
Wallplate made in the DDR. Beautiful plate picturing the storming of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg during the 1917 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.
Wallplate made in Poland. The figure on the plate is Tadeusz Kościuszko. Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko (1746-1817) was a Polish military engineer, statesman, and military leader who became a national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and the United States. He fought in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s struggles against Russia and Prussia, and on the US side in the American Revolutionary War. As Supreme Commander of the Polish National Armed Forces, he led the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising.
Wallplate made in the DDR, 1977. The text on the plate reads:”60 years of Soviet power”. On the plate is a red star, hammer and sickle and the ship Aurora who fired the first shot in St. Petersburg signalling the start of the revolution.
Plate made in Czechoslovakia. The text on the plate reads:”Regional celebration of peace and Czechoslovak-Soviet friendship”. At the bottom of the plate there is the logo of the SCSP. 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”.
Wallplate with the image of Mao Zedong. The text on the plate reads:”The Whole Country Is Red”. Mao Zedong (1893-1976) was leader of communist China for decades. He made major transformations in China, most known are the Cultural Revolution (removal of kapitalist elements) and The Great Leap Forward (the industrialization of China). One of Moa’s most trusted man, Lin Biao, collected quotations of Mao and published them wich would become known as The Red Book. Lin Biao was a chinese general and politician who commanded the troops in the Korean war. Later he got into a power struggle with Mao and he died in a planecrash.
Wallplate with the image of Mao Zedong and Lin Biao. Mao Zedong (1893-1976) was leader of communist China for decades. He made major transformations in China, most known are the Cultural Revolution (removal of kapitalist elements) and The Great Leap Forward (the industrialization of China). One of Moa’s most trusted man, Lin Biao, collected quotations of Mao and published them wich would become known as The Red Book. Lin Biao was a chinese general and politician who commanded the troops in the Korean war. Later he got into a power struggle with Mao and he died in a planecrash.
Wallplate with the image of Mao Zedong and Lin Biao. Mao Zedong (1893-1976) was leader of communist China for decades. He made major transformations in China, most known are the Cultural Revolution (removal of kapitalist elements) and The Great Leap Forward (the industrialization of China). One of Moa’s most trusted man, Lin Biao, collected quotations of Mao and published them wich would become known as The Red Book. Lin Biao was a chinese general and politician who commanded the troops in the Korean war. Later he got into a power struggle with Mao and he died in a planecrash.
Wallplate made in the DDR, 1982. The text on the plate reads:”65 Years of red Oktober”. The Russian text reads:”October Revolution”. The ship is the Aurora who fired the first shot in St. Petersburg signalling the start of the 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.
Wallplate made in the DDR, 1974. The text on the plate reads:”25 Years German Democratic Republic”. 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.
Wall plate made in the DDR, 1966. The text on the plate reads:”20 years of raw iron in VEB Maxhütte Unterwellenborn and in the DDR”. The Maxhütte in Unterwellenborn, Thuringia, was a steel and rolling mill that was built in the second half of the 19th century. After several name and ownership changes, the company closed in 1992.
Wall plate made in the DDR, 1983. The text on the plate reads:”20 years of economic and scientific-technical cooperation”. And on the back of the plate:”Office for Economic Affairs of the Republic of Cuba in the DDR”.
Wallplate made in the DDR, 1974. The text on the plate reads:”25 Years German Democratic Republic”. 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.
Wallplate made in the DDR, 1974. The text on the plate reads:”25 Years Of 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.
Wallplate made in the DDR, 1978. The text on the plate reads:”25 Years Combat Groups Of The Working Class”. The rifle with the red 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.
Wallplate made in the DDR, 1977. The text on the plate reads:”Great Socialist October Revolution 1917-1977″. The ship on the plate is the Aurora who fired the first shot in the revolution. On the back on the plate it reads:”Ministry of State Security”. Most of these plate do not have that text on the back.
Wallplate made in the DDR, 1976. The plate was made in association with the 9th. Party Congress in 1976. The text on the plate reads:”Battlecourse. 9th. Partyday”, and below that:”As a class struggle, keep the military masters ready for battle at all times”.
Famous plate made in the Soviet Union with Lenin. The text on the plate reads:”Those who not work shall not eat”. In the centre is an image of Lenin, to the left there are foodstamps and RSFSR=Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The plate is decorated by Mikhail M. Adamovich, State Porcelain Factory, USSR, 1921. There are many variations of this plate and is being reproduced many times. We consider this plate as a reproduction.
Wallplate made in the DDR, 1975. The text on the top of the plate reads:”Friendship”, and below that:”3rd. Festival Of Friendship, Halle, 1975″. VEB Chemiekombinat are state owned company’s, in this case chemical company’s. On the plate is the logo of the Soviet Komosol youth movement and the East German FDJ wich was a similair DDR youth movement. Both movements organised all sorts of activities for youth and also political education.
Plate made in Czechoslovakia. The text on the plate reads:”Warsaw Pact”, and beneath that:”Shield Of Socialism”, and at the bottom:”Czechoslovak People’s Army”. 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, Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia. The DDR was added in 1956. Albania left the Warsaw pact in 1968. Yugoslavia was left out. The members of the pact promised to defend each other if one or more members were attacked.
Memorial plate made in the DDR, 1977. The text on the plate reads:”Anniversary of the Great Socialist October Revolution 1917-1977″. With Lenin and the Aurora. A famous ship wich fired the first shot in the 1917 revolution. There are some variations of this plate in existence.
Different version with extra textDifferent version with a golden ringVersion with 2 golden rings
Plate made in Vietnam, 2002, with the image of Ho Chi Minh. The text on the plate reads:”58th anniversary of the establishment of vietnam. National Day of the Dead”. Vietnamees is hard to translate so the translation could be a bit off. The plate is made to commemorate Vietnam. The country came into existence after Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence on September 2, 1945 in Hanoi’s Quảng trường Ba nh Square. The country then became independent from the Union of Indochina. He read passages from the American Declaration of Independence, replacing the word England with France. This statement was made available to him by a member of the OSS, a precursor to the CIA. Almost immediately after this, Ho and his Vietminh were expelled from Hanoi by the French and fought a heavy war with the French. This would become the First Indochina War. In this, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam recaptured the area in the north of Vietnam, while in the south the French-backed State of Vietnam was established under Emperor Bao Đại.
Signed terracotta wall plate from 1948 with the images of Lenin and Stalin. Signed on the back by a W with the year 1948, which is 74 years ago. Some edge damage after 74 years but the image is great.
Wallpiece with the image of Josip Tito made of bronze. On the back there is a screw, the head was probably part of a bigger ornament. Josip Broz Tito was president of Yugoslavia and during World War II he was leader of the partisans, often regarded as the most effective resistance movement in occupied Europe. Tito was president of the Yugoslav republic for 27 years, from 1953 untill 1980 when he died. After World War II Yugoslavia became quickly a communist state. Tito was originally one of the most trusted people of Stalin. But in 1948 their friendship was for the most part over because Tito would not transform Yugoslavia in a Moscow controled satellite state. Yugoslavie continued being a communist state though. And had relationships with both Soviet Union and western capitalist country’s. Tito was his nickname meaning Marshall.
Large air defense plaque. Beautiful high relief military Warsaw Pact plaque with a MIG 23 and a pilot in high pressure suit. The text on the plaque reads”Air Defense”. Made of aluminum and stamped B-38 and No. 09.
Price: 20.00 euro Size: 19x6cm./7.4×2.3inch. Weight: 396gr./13.9oz. Year: 1978 For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Plaque from Hungary made in 1978. Steel plaque Ministry of Metallurgy and Mechanical Engineering 25 years of armed civilian guard 1953 -1978. 25 years of civil guard donated by the Ministry of Metallurgy and Mechanical Engineering which is also written on the back. Made of steel.
Wallpiece made in Bulgaria. The text reads:”Gabrovo”. The plate is made of bronze/copper. The statue of “Racho Kovacha” (“Racho de Smid”) in the city of Gabrovo is an impressive bronze statue, which is on a rock in the Yantra River. It is a symbol of the creativity and the tireless mind of the locals.
Price: 30.00 euro Size: 12x8cm./4.7×3.1inch. Weight: 365gr./12.8oz. Year: 1967 For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Plaque from Hungary. Propably it was part of a larger plaque or monument. The text at the top of the plaque reads:”Great October Socialist Revolution”, and at the bottom:”50th. Anniversay”. It is signed with KS and made of bronze.
Wooden wallplate made in the DDR. In the center there is the logo of the KDA with the text:”25 years of combat groups of the working class 1953-1978″. 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.
Soviet Russia wall piece with Stalin. Year of origine unknown but probably late 40’s very early 50’s. Made of plexiglass. There are pieces known with a different image of Stalin. In very good condition. 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 dictatorship.
Wallpiece with the image of Otto Von Bismarck. Made of copper and very heavy. Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg, known as Otto von Bismarck was a German statesman who conceived the unification of Germany in 1871 and was the first chancellor until 1890, in which he dominated European affairs for two decades. He was previously Prime Minister of Prussia (1862-1890) and Chancellor of the North German Confederation (1867-1871). He provoked three short, decisive wars against Denmark, Austria and France. After the victory against Austria, he abolished the national German Confederation and instead formed the North German Confederation as the first German nation-state, aligning the smaller North German states behind Prussia and excluding Austria. With the support of the independent southern German states in the defeat of France by the Confederation, he formed the German Empire and unified Germany.
Wallpiece Stalin. Bit of a strange artifact, made fairly cheap and was probably been distributed free in 1951 during a meeting or parade. Seems to be made by paper or something. That’s why it is amazing it survived 72 years later. Stamped 1951 and with suspension cord.
Wallpiece made in the Soviet Union with the image of Peter The Great. Made of copper. Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alekséyevich (1672-1725) ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 1682 until his death in 1725, jointly ruling before 1696 with his elder half-brother, Ivan V. Under his reign, Russia was modernised and grew into a European power.
Wallpiece with the image of Josip Tito. The piece is made of aluminium with a hang device and some kind of stamp on the back. Josip Broz Tito was president of Yugoslavia and during World War II he was leader of the partisans, often regarded as the most effective resistance movement in occupied Europe. Tito was president of the Yugoslav republic for 27 years, from 1953 untill 1980 when he died. After World War II Yugoslavia became quickly a communist state. Tito was originally one of the most trusted people of Stalin. But in 1948 their friendship was for the most part over because Tito would not transform Yugoslavia in a Moscow controled satellite state. Yugoslavie continued being a communist state though. And had relationships with both Soviet Union and western capitalist country’s. Tito was his nickname meaning Marshall.
Tile made in Spain and is about the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The text on the tile reads:”International Freedom Volunteers”. On the right bottom there is UGT, meaning General Union of Workers and was founded in 1888. General Francisco Franco confined the UGT to exile and clandestinity after his victory in the Spanish Civil War until his death in 1975. The Union emerged from secrecy during the democratic transition after Franco’s death. It is unclear when this tile was made. It could have been made in 1966 when the UGT commemorated the Spanish civil war and the same images as this tile were used. Also there are reproductions of this tile made in 1996. They look the same but in the right upper corner there is “1996”” instead of the coat of arms. So it is also possible that this tile is from 1996.
Propaganda paintings cut from a very large oil painting and reframed. This painting futures the Aurora who fired the first shot in the October Revolution 1917. The paintings have hung in a government building as propaganda pieces for Communism. Beautiful ! So rare. After the 1956 revolution and the departure of the Soviet Union from Hungary, everything related to the CCCP was removed and destroyed. Fortunately, these paintings were removed from their original frame and cut into pieces, rolled up and taken home and eventually ended up in the attic where they have only now been found again. All paintings have been re-stretched on new frames and are in good condition. They were probably painted on canvas from the late 1950s, early 1960s, which looks like linen. You will never see this again! Very special. The Aurora was made in 1903 and most of the crew joined the Bolshevics who were preparing a communist revolution led by Lenin in 1917. This ship fired the first shot signalling the start of the October revolution. In WWII the guns was taken off the ship to use it for the defence of Leningrad. After the war the Aurora was a navy training vessel and later, till this day, a museum located at St. Petersburg (formaly known as Leningrad).
Price: 650.00 euro Size 1: 90.5×65.5cm./35.4×25.7inch. Size 2: 80×65.5cm./31.4×25.7inch. For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Propaganda paintings cut from a very large oil painting and reframed. The paintings have hung in a government building as propaganda pieces for Communism. Beautiful ! So rare. After the 1956 revolution and the departure of the Soviet Union from Hungary, everything related to the CCCP was removed and destroyed. Fortunately, these paintings were removed from their original frame and cut into pieces, rolled up and taken home and eventually ended up in the attic where they have only now been found again. All paintings have been re-stretched on new frames and are in good condition. They were probably painted on canvas from the late 1950s, early 1960s, which looks like linen. You will never see this again! Very special.
Propaganda paintings cut from a very large oil painting and reframed. The paintings have hung in a government building as propaganda pieces for Communism. Beautiful ! So rare. After the 1956 revolution and the departure of the Soviet Union from Hungary, everything related to the CCCP was removed and destroyed. Fortunately, these paintings were removed from their original frame and cut into pieces, rolled up and taken home and eventually ended up in the attic where they have only now been found again. All paintings have been re-stretched on new frames and are in good condition. They were probably painted on canvas from the late 1950s, early 1960s, which looks like linen. You will never see this again! Very special.
Wallpiece from Bulgaria with the image of Georgi Dimitrov. The relief is made of bronze on a wooden plate. In very good condition. Georgi Dimitrov Mihaylov (1882-1949) was a Bulgarian communist politician. He was the first communist leader of Bulgaria from 1946 to 1949. Dimitrov led the Communist International from 1935 to 1943. Dimitrov died on 2 July 1949 in the Barvikha sanatorium near Moscow. The rising speculations that he had been poisoned have never been confirmed, although his health seemed to deteriorate quite abruptly. The supporters of the poisoning theory claim that Stalin did not like the “Balkan Federation” idea of Dimitrov and his closeness with Tito. Others, most notably Enver Hoxha, suppose that Dimitrov was poisoned by Nikitia Khrushchev, Anastas Mikoyan, and other anti-Stalinists in the Soviet leadership. After the funeral, Dimitrov’s body was embalmed and placed on display in Sofia’s Georgi Dimitrov Mausoleum. After the fall of Communism in Bulgaria, his body was buried in Sofia’s central cemetery in 1990. His mausoleum was torn down in 1999.
Price: 58.00 euro Size: 28x15cm./11×5.9inch. Weight: 940gr./33.1oz. Year: 1970 For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Wallpiece from Hungary. Large rectangular aluminum plaque on oak. On the back it is covered with red felt. In honor of Lenins 100th birthday and commemorates the Russian Civil War of 1918. The Imperial Russia White Army fought against the Bolshevik Red Army. Soldier waves with flag on which the Soviet star, Lenin and the year 1918. A WW2 T-34 tank behind him. Great propaganda piece. The 4 corners have screws and right above is a sign, a kind of oval with 2 stripes.
Wallpiece from Hungary with the image of Lenin, Stalin and Rakosi on a wooden plate. This is a heavy wooden board with highly worked up metal reliefs. Beautiful and impressive. Matyas Rakosi (1892-1971) was a Hungarian communist politician who was the leader of Hungary from 1947 to 1956. He served first as General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party from 1945 to 1948 and then as General Secretary (later renamed First Secretary) of the Hungarian Working People’s Party from 1948 to 1956.
Wallpiece from Hungary with the image of Lenin to commemorate his 100th. birthday in 1970. Large ornament with brass shield mounted on a varnished oak basis. Shield is awarded who origanized festivities in honor of the 100th anniversary of Lenin and the date April 22, 1970.
Price: 35.00 euro Size: 15x10cm./5.9×3.9inch. Weight: 1500gr./52.9oz. Year: 1970 For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Wallpeice made in the Soviet Union with the image of Lenin. Heavy desk ornament with brass shield 1879-1970. In very good condition and with thick plaque of Lenin
Wallpeice made in the Soviet Union with the image of Lenin. Signed by artist and at the back numbered with a signature of Lenin at the bottom. Plaque van Lenin seems to be made of bronze, nice dark color with a brass ring around it and his signature is also made of brass. On the back is a suspension eye with a smashed number.
Price: 12.50 euro Size: 14×8.5cm./5.2×3.3inch. Weight: 100gr./3.5oz. Year: 1977 For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Wallpiece made in the DDR. This plate was arwarded to a company in 1977. VEB is “Volkseigener Betrieb” wich means Publicly Owned Enterprise. Many company had the title VEB. The text on the plate reads:” VEB Altentreptow (cityname). Labor banner. On the occasion of the award of our company with the medal Labor Banner”.
Wallpiece made in the DDR, from the “Schutzpolizei” wich means:”Police Force”. On the copper plate there is the police emblem and the TV tower from Berlin.
Price: 30.00 euro Size: 38.5x23cm./15.1x9inch. Weight: 978gr./34.4oz. Year: 1985 For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Wallpiece made in the DDR, 1985. Made of wood with a copper plate. The text on the plate reads:”40 Years Of Secure Peace. 8-5-1985. District Management of the SED Leuna”. The SED (The Socialist Unity Party of Germany) was the governing Marxist–Leninist political party of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from the country’s foundation in October 1949 until its dissolution after the Peaceful Revolution in 1989. The party was established in April 1946. The GDR was a one-party state but other institutional popular front parties were permitted to exist in alliance with the SED, these parties being the Christian Democratic Union, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic Farmers’ Party, and the National Democratic Party. The SED made the teaching of Marxism-Leninism and the Russian language compulsory in schools. In the 1980s, the SED rejected the liberalisation policies of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, such as perestroika and glasnost, which would lead to the GDR’s isolation from the restructuring USSR and the party’s downfall in the autumn of 1989. Leuna was an industrial area in the DDR.
Wallpiece made in the DDR, made of copper. The text on the plate reads:”On the occasion of the 10 annual day of the NVA from the Genenral Anton-Saefkow barracks”.
Price: 35.00 euro Size: 29x22cm./11.4×8.6inch. Weight: 750gr./26.4oz. Year: 1983 For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Wallpiece from the DDR from the school of officers. The text on the piece reads:”20 Years Officer School of the ground forces “Ernst Thalmann” section 1963-1983″.
Wallpiece from the DDR, Border Troops. The text on the plate reads:”For remembering the bordertroops of the DDR, Rudolcity”. Beautiful piece with watchtower.
Wallpiece with the image of Ernst Thalmann. The base is wood and Thalmann’s head is made of bronze or copper. Very heavy. The text on the plate reads:”Presented by VEB Shaft Construction Nordhausen”. VEB is “Volkseigener Betrieb” wich means Publicly Owned Enterprise. Many company had the title VEB. In this case it was a construction company. 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, Thalmann played a major role in the political instability of the Weimar Republic in its final years, when the KPD explicitly sought the overthrow of the liberal democracy of the republic. Under his leadership the KPD became intimately associated with the government of the Soviet Union and the policies of Joseph Stalin, and from 1928 the party was largely controlled and funded by Stalin’s government. The KPD under Thalmann’s leadership regarded the Social Democratic Party (SPD) as Social fascists. Thalmann viewed the Nazi Party as a lesser evil than the social democrats, and in 1931 his party cooperated with the Nazis in an attempt to bring down the social democrat state government. Thalmann believed that a Nazi dictatorship would fail due to flawed economic policies and lead to a revolutionary situation in which the communist party gained power. Thalmann was also leader of the paramilitary Roter Frontkampferbund, which was banned as extremist by the governing social democrats in 1929, and in 1932 he established Antifaschistische Aktion or Antifa, which concentrated its attacks on the social democrats. He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1933 and held in solitary confinement for eleven years; Stalin did not seek his release when he entered into the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact with Germany, and Thalmann’s party rival Walter Ulbricht ignored requests to plead on his behalf. Many of Thalmann’s closest associates who had emigrated to the Soviet Union were executed during the Great Purge of the 1930s. Thalmann was shot in Buchenwald on Adolf Hitler’s personal orders in 1944. In the First World War he was posted to the artillery on the western front, where he stayed till the end of the war, during the course of which he was wounded twice. He said that he fought in the following battles: Battle of Champagne (1915–1916), Battle of the Somme (1916), Second battle of the Aisne, Battle of Soissons, Battle of Cambrai (1917) and Battle of Arras (1917).
Wallpiece with the image of Karl Marx. Very heavy. The base is made of wood and Karl’s head is made of aluminiun. In good condition. Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German thinker and philosopher. He created the workers movement. His most important work is Das Kapital and the Communist Manifest. Bassicly he was the inventor of communism. His work and thoughts are called Marxism. Lenin was a strong believer of Marxism when he was turning Russia into the first communist state after the October Revolution in 1917. Friedrich Engels was his lifetime friend and was supporting Karl financially and publiced many of Karl Marx writings after the death of Karl.
Wallplate with the image of Mao Zedong. Very old and touched by time. Made from some sort of plaster. At one time it has been broken and repared (see pictures) and there are some damages. So with a lot of “patina”. Nevertheless a nice time piece.
Price: 20.00 euro Size: 13X9cm./5.1×3.5inch. Weight: 172gr./6oz.
Lenin wallpiece made of aluminium. 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: 48.75 euro Size: 31.5x25cm./12.4×9.8inch. Weight: 693gr./24.4oz.
Old wallpiece with Felix Dzerzhinsky. The portrait is made of messing and there is writings on the back. See video. Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (1877-1926), nicknamed “Iron Felix”, was a Bolshevik revolutionary and official. Born into Polish nobility, from 1917 until his death in 1926 Dzerzhinsky led the first two Soviet state-security organizations, the Cheka and the OGPU, establishing a secret police for the post-revolutionary Soviet regime. He was one of the architects of the KGB. Dzerzhinsky spent four and a half years in tsarist prisons. Dzerzhinsky was beaten frequently by the Russian prison guards, which caused the permanent disfigurement of his jaw and mouth. In 1916, Dzerzhinsky was moved to the Moscow Butyrka prison, where he was soon hospitalized because the chains that he was forced to wear had caused severe cramps in his legs. Despite the prospects of amputation, Dzerzhinsky recovered and was put to labor sewing military uniforms. Felix Dzerzhinsky was freed from prison after the February Revolution of 1917. Lenin regarded Felix Dzerzhinsky as a revolutionary hero and appointed him to organize a force to combat internal threats known as Cheka. The Cheka undertook drastic measures as thousands of political opponents and saboteurs were eliminated. Besides his leadership of the secret police, Dzerzhinsky also took on a number of other roles; he led the fight against typhus in 1918, was chair of the Commissariat for Internal Affairs from 1919 to 1923, initiated a vast orphanage construction program, chaired the Transport Commissariat, organised the embalming of Lenin’s body in 1924 and chaired the Society of Friends of Soviet Cinema. A 15-ton iron monument of Dzerzhinsky, which once dominated the Lubyanka Square in Moscow, near the KGB headquarters, also became known as Iron Felix.
Military wall plate from Hungary. Solid aluminum wall plate with honorary branches along the side to celebrate a 25th anniversary. Soviet star and an AK-47. The MHSZ (Hungarian National Defense Association) was a paramilitary group in Socialist Hungary. It was a combination of civil defense, fund-raising, and sporting events.
Price: 48.00 euro Size: 14cm./5.5inch. Weight: 553gr./19.5oz. Year: 1977
Wallpiece of Lenin to celebrate 60 years of CCCP, 1977. Once this Lenin plaque was mounted on an ornament or marble plate, the glue tracks and a piece of thread can be seen on the back. It is signed KZ 60 years CCCP with hammer and sickle.
Price: 75.00 euro Size: 64x40cm./25.1×15.7inch. Weight: 1000gr./35oz. Year: 1982
Little rug from Hungary. Very rare. The logo is from the Workers Guardian. A Workers Guardian was a worker who was trained much like the miliairy in order for the civil defense of Hungary. The militairy budget of Hungary was drastically reduced in order to give the people a better living standard. Millions of working class people (labours) trained with rifles, mortars, machine guns and artillery to support the regular army in case of war. All this was originated by Janos Kadar who was the communist leader of Hungary who ruled over Hungary from 1956 untill his retirement in 1988. He ruled for 32 years and died in 1989.
Price: 125.00 euro Size: 200x160cm./78×62.9inch. Weight: 2500gr./88oz.
Big canvas handmade in the Soviet Union. The text reads:”May World Labour” and was probably made for Labour Day. The canvas is beautiful painted but touched by the hands of time a bit.
Price: 250.00 euro Size: 300x160cm./118x62inch. (about) Weight: 5000gr./176oz. (about)
Amazing handpainted Lenin on canvas. Very big. The text on the canvas reads:”New Successes Comrades!”. On the bottom left side (see picture) there is a tear wich in one point of time somebody tried to repare it with tape. Overall the canvas is in “used” condition but not bad at all considering it’s age and bigness. An amazing piece.
Price: 98.00 euro Size: 35x26cm./13.7×10.2inch. Weight: 5500gr./194oz. Year: 1985
Large and heavy 5.5 kg Air Force Socialist Hungary wallpiece. Under the wing of Mother Russia an Airspace Defense Installation set up against the west with Radar, Missiles and Aircraft. This is a bronze plaque and very heavy. The text on the plate reads:”Military advisers to the air defense and flying command of the Hungarian People’s Army”.