A SOVIET RUSSIAN HARVEST BANNER, 20TH CENTURY

A SOVIET RUSSIAN HARVEST BANNER, 20TH CENTURY, red velvet, with a gold fringe to the three sides, embroidered with a medallion containing a bust of Lenin, with gold Cyrillic lettering stating 'Proletarians of the country unite under the banner of Marxism-Leninism, led by the Communist party, forward to the victory of communism!', with the USSR Coat of Arms embroidered to the reverse, with similar lettering stating, 'From the Kokchetav Regional Committee of the Komsomol of Kazakhstan, Komsomol Organisation of Rudayevsky District, to the winner of the Korchakipskoy labour watch, at the 10th harvest'

164cm long x 131cm wide