Price: 0.25 euro
Stamp from North Korea, 1995, lighthouse, stamped.
Price: 110.00 euro
Unique Laika pocketwatch. Made from metal. Wind up watch. In very good condition. Tested and runs very well. With an picture of Laika. First dog in space in 1957.
Laika was a Soviet space dog who became the first animal in space, and the first animal to orbit the Earth. Laika, a stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, was selected to be the occupant of the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 that was launched into outer space in 1957. Soviet scientists chose to use Moscow straydogs since they assumed that such animals had already learned to endure conditions of extreme cold and hunger.
Little was known about the impact of spaceflight on living creatures at the time of Laika’s mission. Some scientists believed humans would be unable to survive the launch or the conditions of outer space, so engineers viewed flights by animals as a necessary precursor to human missions. The experiment aimed to prove that a living passenger could survive being launched into orbit paving the way for human spaceflight and providing scientists with some of the first data on how living organisms react to spaceflight environments.
Laika
Laika on a matchbox label
Laika on a postcard with Sputnik 1, 2 and 3
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label from the Soviet Unie. From late 50’s, early 60’s.
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label showing the building of the Moscow Council of deputies of workers (constructed by M.Kazakovym, 1782-1784). The label is from late 50’s/early 60’s.
Price: 0.25 euro
A matchbox label from Belarus, 1960. On the right hand side it says:”Minsk”. The building is (yet) unknown.
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 10.5×7.5cm./4.1×2.9inch.
Pages: 363
Little red book with quotations of Mao. Published in 1968.
Often the red books came in small editions so the Chinese people could easily carry it in a pocket to take it with them. So The Red Book was often called The Little Red Book.
The first edition of The Red Book appeared in 1964. In the book there are quotations of Mao Zedong. There were put together by Lin Biao. Lin Biao was a general under Mao’s rule and one of his most trusted friends.
During The Cultural Revolution they printed about 5-6 billion copies of this book. Making it the worlds second most printed book, the Bible being first. In The Cultural Revolution everybody in China was obligated to have and study The Little Red Book.
In 1966 they distributed the Red Book internationally in different languages.
Price: 1.50 euro
This pin is about the Bahx ehibition. This is a permanent exhibition in Russia about the achievements of national economy established in 1935 as an agricultural exhibition.
Now the exhibition holds 2,375,000 square meters (bigger than Monaco) with subjects such as: engineering, space, atomic energy, education, radio electronics and culture and has around 11 million visitors each year. It contains more than 400 buildings.
Central pavillion.
Space pavillion.
Bahx exhibition centre.
Atomic energy building.
Entrance
Price: 1.50 euro
Pin from Soviet Union. Purpose and building unknown. Could be an observatory or planetarium.
Price: 12.50 euro
The Distinguished Service Medal of the National People’s Army, or “Medal of Merit of the National People’s Army”.
Established in 1956 in three levels, Gold, Silver and Bronze. It was awarded for outstanding merit and personal readiness in support of the increase of combat capability and combat readiness of the National People’s Army in the DDR. The medal was last awarded in 1990.
The medal was designed by artist Paul Gensch. On the front are profiles of the busts of a 1950s era sailor, airman, and soldier representing the nation’s Land, Air, and Naval forces, under which is spelled out “DDR”. On each side of this are three oak leaves with an acorn. The words FÜR HERVORRAGENDE VERDIENSTE (FOR OUTSTANDING MERIT) form the upper part of the medal, the lower part contain the words NATIONALE VOLKSARMEE (NATIONAL PEOPLE’S ARMY).
On the reverse side are the state coat of arms of East Germany, surrounded with the words FÜR DEN SCHUTZ DER ARBEITER UND BAUERN MACHT (FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WORKERS AND FARMERS POWER) surrounded by two branches of laurel.
The Bronze, Silver and Gold edition.
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard, Soviet Union, 1976 about the 9th. of May when Nazi Germany surrended to the Soviet Union.
Shown on the card is The Order Of The Great Patriotic War Medal with it’s inscription:”Patriotic War”. Beneath that the card says:”Happy Victory Day”.
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard drom the Soviet Union Victory Day, 1981. Text on postcard:”Celebration Of Victory”
9 May is Victory Day. It is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin.
The surrender was signed twice. An initial document was signed in Reims on 7 May 1945 by the Western Allied Forces. Since the Soviet High Command had not agreed to the text of the surrender, the USSR requested that a second, revised, instrument of surrender be signed in Berlin. Joseph Stalin declared that the Soviet Union considered the Reims surrender a preliminary document, and Eisenhower immediately agreed with that. Another argument was that some German troops considered the Reims instrument of surrender, as a surrender to the Western Allies only, and fighting continued in the East, especially in Prague.
A quote of Stalin:
“Today, in Reims, Germans signed the preliminary act on an unconditional surrender. The main contribution, however, was done by Soviet people and not by the Allies, therefore the capitulation must be signed in front of the Supreme Command of all countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, and not only in front of the Supreme Command of Allied Forces. Moreover, I disagree that the surrender was not signed in Berlin, which was the center of Nazi aggression. We agreed with the Allies to consider the Reims protocol as preliminary.”
Price: 1.50 euro
Sovjet postcard about Victory Day, 1970. The postcard says:”Victory Day!”.
Shown is the Soviet War Memorial. A war memorial and military cemetery in Berlin’s Treptower Park. It was built to the design of the Soviet architect Yakov Belopolsky to commemorate 7,000 of the 80,000 Soviet soldiers who fell in the Battle of Berlin in April–May 1945. It opened four years after World War II on May 8, 1949. The Memorial served as the central war memorial of East Germany.
Price: 45.00 euro
Beautiful Sovjet Lenin watch. In very good condition and runs well. Shown on the plate in red are Lenin, a red star and the hammer and sickle.
Price: 0.50 euro
Compleat set of 2 stamps, North Korea, 1995, stamped.
Price: 1.00 euro
Size: 10.5×7.5cm./4.1×2.9
Minisheet in perfect condition. Stamped. 1995.
Price: 0.20 euro
Stamp from North Korea, 1995, about Tree Planting Day.
Price: 45.00 euro
Size: 76.5×53.5cm./30.1x21inch.
Original handpainted North Korea poster. The poster is about the Arirang Mass Games.
The Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance Arirang is a mass gymnastics and artistic festival held in Pyongyang, North Korea. The games usually take place in August or September. The games were held annually between 2002 and 2013, with the exception of 2006. After a five year hiatus, the Arirang Mass Games returned for a performance entitled ‘The Glorious Country’ in 2018.
In August 2007, the Arirang Mass Games were recognised by Guinness World Records as the largest gymnastic display with 100,090 participants at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang.
Arirang is a Korean folk song that is often considered to be the anthem of Korea. There are about 3,600 variations of 60 different versions of the song, all of which include a similar refrain. It is estimated the song is more than 600 years old.
Arirang is included twice on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list. By South Korea and North Korea.
Price: 0.25 euro
Label is from Soviet Russia, late 50’s, early 60’s.
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label from Letvia. The label says:”Turn off gas with phonecall”. Label is from the Kometa match factory. From late 50’s early 60’s.
Price: 10.00 euro
The Distinguished Service Medal of the National People’s Army, or “Medal of Merit of the National People’s Army”.
Established in 1956 in three levels, Gold, Silver and Bronze. It was awarded for outstanding merit and personal readiness in support of the increase of combat capability and combat readiness of the National People’s Army in the DDR. The medal was last awarded in 1990.
The medal was designed by artist Paul Gensch. On the front are profiles of the busts of a 1950s era sailor, airman, and soldier representing the nation’s Land, Air, and Naval forces, under which is spelled out “DDR”. On each side of this are three oak leaves with an acorn. The words FÜR HERVORRAGENDE VERDIENSTE (FOR OUTSTANDING MERIT) form the upper part of the medal, the lower part contain the words NATIONALE VOLKSARMEE (NATIONAL PEOPLE’S ARMY).
On the reverse side are the state coat of arms of East Germany, surrounded with the words FÜR DEN SCHUTZ DER ARBEITER UND BAUERN MACHT (FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WORKERS AND FARMERS POWER) surrounded by two branches of laurel.
The Bronze, Silver and Gold edition.
Price: 1.50 euro
Pin about the Planetarium in Volvograd (former Stalingrad).
The Planetarium in Volgograd appeared as a present from the DDR to the seventieth birthday of Joseph Stalin. The equipment for the planetarium was made in Germany and then placed in the building specially designed by Stalingrad architects. The sculpture of famous Soviet artist Vera Mukhina decorates the dome of the Volgograd planetarium.
The planetarium in Volvograd.
The observatory
One of it’s showrooms
Painting of Stalin in the planetarium
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard about the 9th of May. The postcard is made in 1988. The texts says:”Patriotic War”. And on the bottem of the card:”Happy Victory Day”.
9 May is Victory Day. It is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin.
The surrender was signed twice. An initial document was signed in Reims on 7 May 1945 by the Western Allied Forces. Since the Soviet High Command had not agreed to the text of the surrender, the USSR requested that a second, revised, instrument of surrender be signed in Berlin. Joseph Stalin declared that the Soviet Union considered the Reims surrender a preliminary document, and Eisenhower immediately agreed with that. Another argument was that some German troops considered the Reims instrument of surrender, as a surrender to the Western Allies only, and fighting continued in the East, especially in Prague.
A quote of Stalin:
“Today, in Reims, Germans signed the preliminary act on an unconditional surrender. The main contribution, however, was done by Soviet people and not by the Allies, therefore the capitulation must be signed in front of the Supreme Command of all countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, and not only in front of the Supreme Command of Allied Forces. Moreover, I disagree that the surrender was not signed in Berlin, which was the center of Nazi aggression. We agreed with the Allies to consider the Reims protocol as preliminary.”
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard about the 9th of May. The postcard is made in 1970.
9 May is Victory Day. It is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin.
The surrender was signed twice. An initial document was signed in Reims on 7 May 1945 by the Western Allied Forces. Since the Soviet High Command had not agreed to the text of the surrender, the USSR requested that a second, revised, instrument of surrender be signed in Berlin. Joseph Stalin declared that the Soviet Union considered the Reims surrender a preliminary document, and Eisenhower immediately agreed with that. Another argument was that some German troops considered the Reims instrument of surrender, as a surrender to the Western Allies only, and fighting continued in the East, especially in Prague.
A quote of Stalin:
“Today, in Reims, Germans signed the preliminary act on an unconditional surrender. The main contribution, however, was done by Soviet people and not by the Allies, therefore the capitulation must be signed in front of the Supreme Command of all countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, and not only in front of the Supreme Command of Allied Forces. Moreover, I disagree that the surrender was not signed in Berlin, which was the center of Nazi aggression. We agreed with the Allies to consider the Reims protocol as preliminary.”
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard about the 9th of May. The postcard is made in 1979.
9 May is Victory Day. It is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin.
The surrender was signed twice. An initial document was signed in Reims on 7 May 1945 by the Western Allied Forces. Since the Soviet High Command had not agreed to the text of the surrender, the USSR requested that a second, revised, instrument of surrender be signed in Berlin. Joseph Stalin declared that the Soviet Union considered the Reims surrender a preliminary document, and Eisenhower immediately agreed with that. Another argument was that some German troops considered the Reims instrument of surrender, as a surrender to the Western Allies only, and fighting continued in the East, especially in Prague.
A quote of Stalin:
“Today, in Reims, Germans signed the preliminary act on an unconditional surrender. The main contribution, however, was done by Soviet people and not by the Allies, therefore the capitulation must be signed in front of the Supreme Command of all countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, and not only in front of the Supreme Command of Allied Forces. Moreover, I disagree that the surrender was not signed in Berlin, which was the center of Nazi aggression. We agreed with the Allies to consider the Reims protocol as preliminary.”
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 10.5×7.5cm./4.1×2.9
Pages: 378
Original red book from China.
Often the Red Books came in small editions so the Chinese people could easily carry it in a pocket to take it with them. So The Red Book was often called The Little Red Book.
The first edition of The Red Book appeared in 1964. In the book there are quotations of Mao Zedong. There were put together by Lin Biao. Lin Biao was a general under Mao’s rule and one of his most trusted friends.
During The Cultural Revolution they printed about 5-6 billion copies of this book. Making it the worlds second most printed book, the Bible being first. In The Cultural Revolution everybody in China was obligated to have and study The Little Red Book.In 1966 they distributed the Red Book internationally in different languages.
The little red book on the farmland…
The red book read by children
The red book in the mountains..
Price: 2.50 euro
Size: 10.5×7.5cm./4.1×2.9
Note booklet from China.
Price: 3.50 euro
Minisheet of 6 stamps, 1995, stamped.
Price: 0.50 euro
Complete set of 2 stamps.
This is the site where Kim Il-Sung was born and as such is of high importance to the citizens of the DPRK.
The complex consists of three areas, the house complex, a water well and then a viewing platform at the top of the hill.
Price: 0.30 euro
Complete set of 2 North Korean stamps about the meeting of Kim Il Sung and Deng Xiaoping.
Price: 55.00 euro
Size: 58.5×42.5cm./23×16.7inch.
Handpainted North Korean propaganda poster. Original. Made and obtained in North Korea and taken out. North Korea has got some of the most agressive propaganda made in the world. On this poster there is a soldiers with the North Korean flag.
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label from the Vezuvs factory in Riga. From late 50’s/early 60’s. The label says:”15 january, the all union population census. Promote a succesful census”.
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label from Latvia late 50’s/early 60’s.
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label from Latvia with an image of the skyline of capital Riga. Label from late 50’s/early 60’s.
Riga Skyline
Price: 7.50 euro
The Distinguished Service Medal of the National People’s Army, or “Medal of Merit of the National People’s Army”.
Established in 1956 in three levels, Gold, Silver and Bronze. It was awarded for outstanding merit and personal readiness in support of the increase of combat capability and combat readiness of the National People’s Army in the DDR. The medal was last awarded in 1990.
The medal was designed by artist Paul Gensch. On the front are profiles of the busts of a 1950s era sailor, airman, and soldier representing the nation’s Land, Air, and Naval forces, under which is spelled out “DDR”. On each side of this are three oak leaves with an acorn. The words FÜR HERVORRAGENDE VERDIENSTE (FOR OUTSTANDING MERIT) form the upper part of the medal, the lower part contain the words NATIONALE VOLKSARMEE (NATIONAL PEOPLE’S ARMY).
On the reverse side are the state coat of arms of East Germany, surrounded with the words FÜR DEN SCHUTZ DER ARBEITER UND BAUERN MACHT (FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WORKERS AND FARMERS POWER) surrounded by two branches of laurel.
The Bronze, Silver and Gold edition.
Price: 1.50 euro
Space pin picturing the colossal “Conquerors Of Space” monument in Moscow.
Conquerors Of Space
Price: 650.00 euro
Size: 206x110cm./81.1×43.3inch.
Very big DDR carpet with portraits of Lenin, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Made in sandcolored background and red flags on the sides, The brown main border is decorated with the state coat of arms of the DDR, the red star and hammer and sickle. At the top there are loops for wall mounting.
Most of the DDR carpets was made in the DDR but some were made in Turkey and shipped to the DDR. Like this one. This unusually big carpet was probably hung in government buildings.
The carpet is in perfect condition with no damages and was bought in the 70’s and taken to the Netherlands. And afer 40 years now for sale.
It is been known that another version of this carpet the heads are looking the other way (left). This carpet the heads are looking right and is more rarer.
The carpet in the Statsi museum in Berlin.
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard about the 9th of May. The postcard is made in 2005.
9 May is Victory Day. It is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin.
The surrender was signed twice. An initial document was signed in Reims on 7 May 1945 by the Western Allied Forces. Since the Soviet High Command had not agreed to the text of the surrender, the USSR requested that a second, revised, instrument of surrender be signed in Berlin. Joseph Stalin declared that the Soviet Union considered the Reims surrender a preliminary document, and Eisenhower immediately agreed with that. Another argument was that some German troops considered the Reims instrument of surrender, as a surrender to the Western Allies only, and fighting continued in the East, especially in Prague.
A quote of Stalin:
“Today, in Reims, Germans signed the preliminary act on an unconditional surrender. The main contribution, however, was done by Soviet people and not by the Allies, therefore the capitulation must be signed in front of the Supreme Command of all countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, and not only in front of the Supreme Command of Allied Forces. Moreover, I disagree that the surrender was not signed in Berlin, which was the center of Nazi aggression. We agreed with the Allies to consider the Reims protocol as preliminary.”
Postcard about the 9th of May. The top of the postcard says:”Victory” and the bottom of the card says:”Happy Holiday” The postcard is made in 1970.
9 May is Victory Day. It is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin.
The surrender was signed twice. An initial document was signed in Reims on 7 May 1945 by the Western Allied Forces. Since the Soviet High Command had not agreed to the text of the surrender, the USSR requested that a second, revised, instrument of surrender be signed in Berlin. Joseph Stalin declared that the Soviet Union considered the Reims surrender a preliminary document, and Eisenhower immediately agreed with that. Another argument was that some German troops considered the Reims instrument of surrender, as a surrender to the Western Allies only, and fighting continued in the East, especially in Prague.
A quote of Stalin:
“Today, in Reims, Germans signed the preliminary act on an unconditional surrender. The main contribution, however, was done by Soviet people and not by the Allies, therefore the capitulation must be signed in front of the Supreme Command of all countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, and not only in front of the Supreme Command of Allied Forces. Moreover, I disagree that the surrender was not signed in Berlin, which was the center of Nazi aggression. We agreed with the Allies to consider the Reims protocol as preliminary.”
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard about the 9th of May. The postcard says:”Victory”.
9 May is Victory Day. It is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin.
The surrender was signed twice. An initial document was signed in Reims on 7 May 1945 by the Western Allied Forces. Since the Soviet High Command had not agreed to the text of the surrender, the USSR requested that a second, revised, instrument of surrender be signed in Berlin. Joseph Stalin declared that the Soviet Union considered the Reims surrender a preliminary document, and Eisenhower immediately agreed with that. Another argument was that some German troops considered the Reims instrument of surrender, as a surrender to the Western Allies only, and fighting continued in the East, especially in Prague.
A quote of Stalin:
“Today, in Reims, Germans signed the preliminary act on an unconditional surrender. The main contribution, however, was done by Soviet people and not by the Allies, therefore the capitulation must be signed in front of the Supreme Command of all countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, and not only in front of the Supreme Command of Allied Forces. Moreover, I disagree that the surrender was not signed in Berlin, which was the center of Nazi aggression. We agreed with the Allies to consider the Reims protocol as preliminary.”
Price: 55.00 euro
Size: 58.5×42.5cm./23×16.7inch.
Handpainted North Korean propaganda poster. Original. Made and obtained in North Korea and taken out. North Korea has got some of the most agressive propaganda made in the world. On this poster Capitol Hill is being blown up by Land, Marine and Airforce soldiers.
Price: 0.75 euro
Size: 8.4x8cm./3.3×3.1inch.
Minisheet, 1995. Stamped.
Price: 0.50 euro
2 stamps, North Korea, 1995, stamped, about the Bandung Conference. Complete set.
The first large scale Asian African or Afro Asian Conference, also known as the Bandung Conference, was a meeting of Asian and African states, most of which were newly independent, which took place on 18–24 April 1955 in Bandung, Indonesia.
The twenty nine countries that participated represented a total population of 1.5 billion people, 54% of the world’s population.
The conference was organised by Indonesia, Burma (Myanmar), Pakistan, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and India.
The conference’s stated aims were to promote Afro-Asian economic and cultural cooperation and to oppose colonialism or neocolonialism by any nation. The conference was an important step towards the eventual creation of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Price: 1.00 euro
Size: 8.8×8.6cm./3.4×3.3inch.
Minisheet, 1995, in perfect condition. Stamped. Made for the 40th. Bandung Conference. The first large scale Asian African or Afro Asian Conference, also known as the Bandung Conference, was a meeting of Asian and African states, most of which were newly independent, which took place on 18–24 April 1955 in Bandung, Indonesia.
The twenty nine countries that participated represented a total population of 1.5 billion people, 54% of the world’s population.
The conference was organised by Indonesia, Burma (Myanmar), Pakistan, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and India.
The conference’s stated aims were to promote Afro-Asian economic and cultural cooperation and to oppose colonialism or neocolonialism by any nation. The conference was an important step towards the eventual creation of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Price: 65.00 euro
Complete works of Lenin letters, 10 parts. And with a book with letter exchanges between Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label from Latvia, 1959. The label says:”January begins the All Union Census. Do your best to facilitate census”.
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label, late 50’s/early60’s from the famous Kometa matchbox factory.
The labels says:”About 300.000 Participants In Sport Games”.
Price: 1.50 euro
The city of Kaluga is known since 1371. These pins are made for celebrating 600 years of Kaluga so they are from 1971.
Kaluga is connected to Moscow by a railway line and by the ancient roadway, the Kaluga Road. This road offered Napoleon his favored escape route from the Moscow trap in the fall of 1812. But General Kutuzov repelled Napoleon’s advances in this direction and forced the retreating French army onto the old Smolensk road, previously devastated by the French during their invasion of Russia.
Also Kaluga is known for one of it’s most famous residents; Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. He was a pioneer in space research and invented the 3 stage rocket. So in Kaluga there is also a space museum in his honour.
Location of Kaluga
City of Kaluga
Flag of Kaluga
Price: 0.25 euro
This Latvian matchbox label is made by the Kometa factory and is a promotion for a movie made in 1965.
Top of the label says:”Riga Movie Studio New Honeymoon Movie” and the bottom of the label says:”Tobago Changes Course”.
The Russian movie poster
Price: 7.50 euro
This is the bronze medal for 5 years of service in the national’s people’s army of the DDR. They started with this type of medal in 1956 and stopped in 1990.
Faithful Service Medals with a similar design were issued by Border Guards (Grenztruppen) and Civil Defense (Zivilverteidigung).
There were 4 different medals for this purpose;
Bronze: 5 years of service (no stripe)
Silver: 10 years of service (white stripe)
Gold: 15 years of service (yellow stripe)
Gold: 20 years of service (gold stripe and Roman numerals XX)
All medals of People Army Service.
Price: 25.00 euro
This is an Chairman Mao Zedong watch. His hand is waving up and down every second.
Most of these watches are with a red background.
Very cool watch to wear. With this crazy watch you will be noticed at any party or gathering. Supercool. Cultural Revolution collectors call this the Mickey Mao watch because Walt Disney was the first to make a watch with a waving hand of Mickey Mouse. Obtained in China and taken out.
Also there are Mao Zedong clocks with waving hands.
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard about the 9th of May. The postcard says:”Happy Victory Day”.
9 May is Victory Day. It is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin.
The surrender was signed twice. An initial document was signed in Reims on 7 May 1945 by the Western Allied Forces. Since the Soviet High Command had not agreed to the text of the surrender, the USSR requested that a second, revised, instrument of surrender be signed in Berlin. Joseph Stalin declared that the Soviet Union considered the Reims surrender a preliminary document, and Eisenhower immediately agreed with that. Another argument was that some German troops considered the Reims instrument of surrender, as a surrender to the Western Allies only, and fighting continued in the East, especially in Prague.
A quote of Stalin:
“Today, in Reims, Germans signed the preliminary act on an unconditional surrender. The main contribution, however, was done by Soviet people and not by the Allies, therefore the capitulation must be signed in front of the Supreme Command of all countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, and not only in front of the Supreme Command of Allied Forces. Moreover, I disagree that the surrender was not signed in Berlin, which was the center of Nazi aggression. We agreed with the Allies to consider the Reims protocol as preliminary.”
Postcard about the 9th of May. The postcard says:”Happy Victory Day”.
9 May is Victory Day. It is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin.
The surrender was signed twice. An initial document was signed in Reims on 7 May 1945 by the Western Allied Forces. Since the Soviet High Command had not agreed to the text of the surrender, the USSR requested that a second, revised, instrument of surrender be signed in Berlin. Joseph Stalin declared that the Soviet Union considered the Reims surrender a preliminary document, and Eisenhower immediately agreed with that. Another argument was that some German troops considered the Reims instrument of surrender, as a surrender to the Western Allies only, and fighting continued in the East, especially in Prague.
A quote of Stalin:
“Today, in Reims, Germans signed the preliminary act on an unconditional surrender. The main contribution, however, was done by Soviet people and not by the Allies, therefore the capitulation must be signed in front of the Supreme Command of all countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, and not only in front of the Supreme Command of Allied Forces. Moreover, I disagree that the surrender was not signed in Berlin, which was the center of Nazi aggression. We agreed with the Allies to consider the Reims protocol as preliminary.”
Postcard about the 9th of May. The postcard says:”Happy Victory Day”. The postcard is from 1976.
9 May is Victory Day. It is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. Shown on the postcard is the gigantic statue:”The Motherland Calls”.
The Motherland Calls is the compositional centre of the monument-ensemble “Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” in Volgograd, Russia, former Stalingrad.
It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and declared the tallest statue in the world in 1967. At 85 metres (279 ft), it is the tallest statue in Europe and the tallest statue of a woman in the world. The construction of the monument was started in 1959 and completed in 1967. It was the tallest sculpture in the world at the time of creation. Restoration work on the main monument of the monument complex was done in 1972, when the sword was replaced by another entirely consisting of stainless steel. It is most likely that Vuchetich sculpted the figure from the discus thrower Nina Dumbadze, and the face from his wife Vera.
Motherland Calls in Volvograd
Construction of Motherland Calls
Construction workers working on the statue
Price: 10.00 euro
This is the silver medal for 10 years of service in the national’s people’s army of the DDR. They started with this type of medal in 1956 and stopped in 1990.
Faithful Service Medals with a similar design were issued by Border Guards (Grenztruppen) and Civil Defense (Zivilverteidigung).
There were 4 different medals for this purpose;
Bronze: 5 years of service (no stripe)
Silver: 10 years of service (white stripe)
Gold: 15 years of service (yellow stripe)
Gold: 20 years of service (gold stripe and Roman numerals XX)
All medals of People Army Service.
Price: 1.00 euro
Minisheet from North Korea. 1995. Gestempeld.
Price: 1.00 euro
Minisheet from North Korea, 1995. Gestempeld.
Price: 1.00 euro
Size: 8.7x7cm./3.4×2.7inch.
Minisheet from North Korea, 1995. Stamped.
Price: 25.00 euro
This is an Chairman Mao Zedong watch. His hand is waving up and down every second.
Most of these watches are with a red background.
Very cool watch to wear. With this crazy watch you will be noticed at any party or gathering. Supercool. Cultural Revolution collectors call this the Mickey Mao watch because Walt Disney was the first to make a watch with a waving hand of Mickey Mouse. Obtained in China and taken out.
Also there are Mao Zedong clocks with waving hands.
Price: 0.50 euro
Latvian matchbox label from the Kometa matchbox factory. Late 50’s, early 60’s. The text says:”Donor Blood Saves Lifes”.
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label from Latvia featuring the Museum of Arts in capital Riga. The top of the labels says:”Latvia papaer and woodworking industry””. The bottom of the label says:”Art Museum” and beneath that:”Vezuvs Riga”. Vezuvs is a matchbox factory. The label is from end 50’s, early 60’s.
The museum of art in capital Riga
Price: 35.00 euro
Poster from 1939 about Alexey Stakhanov.
Alexsei Grigoryevich Stakhanov (1906-1977) was a Russian Soviet miner.
He became a celebrity in 1935 as part of what became known as the Stakhanovite movement. A campaign intended to increase worker productivity and to demonstrate the superiority of the socialist economic system.
On 31 August 1935, it was reported that he had mined a record 102 tonnes of coal in 5 hours and 45 minutes (14 times his quota).
On 19 September, Stakhanov was reported to have set a new record by mining 227 tonnes of coal in a single shift. His example was held up in newspapers and posters as a model for others to follow, and he appeared on the cover of Time magazine in the United States. He was awarded two Orders of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, and numerous medals.
The town of Kadievka in eastern Ukraine where he started his work was renamed Stakhanov in his honour in 1978, after his death in 1977.
Stakhanov’s records set an example throughout the country and gave birth to the Stakhanovite movement, where workers who exceeded production targets could become “Stakhanovites”.
Alexey on Time Magazine
Statue of Alexey in Stakhanov City
Alexey Stakhanov mining
Price: 1.50 euro
Pin about the Luna 16 1970 moon mission.
In 1970 Luna 16 was the first robotic probe to land on the Moon and return a sample of lunar soil to Earth. It represented the first lunar sample return mission by the Soviet Union and was the third lunar sample return mission overall, following the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 missions.
Analysis of the dark basalt material indicated a close resemblance to soil recovered by the American Apollo 12 mission.
According to the Bochum Observatory in Germany, strong and good quality television pictures were returned by the spacecraft. Luna 16 was a landmark success for the Soviets in their deep space exploration program; the mission accomplished the first fully automatic recovery of soil samples from the surface of an extraterrestrial body.
Three tiny samples (0.2 grams) of the Luna 16 soil were sold at Sotheby’s auction for $442,500 in 1993.
On November 29, 2018 The Luna 16 fragments sold for US$ 855,000 at Sotheby’s.
Luna 16 landing on the moon
Launch of the Luna soil sample back to earth
Returning to earth
Price: 150.00 euro
Size: 17×10.5cm./6.6×4.1inch.
Stalin clock from the 40’s/50’s. In decent condition considering it’s age. One knob is missing. Very unique item.
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.
Stalin portrait
Stalin propaganda poster
Josef Stalin
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard from 1979, Soviet Union, to celebrate the victory over Nazi Germany. The postcard says:”Happy Victory Day”. Shown is the Soviet War Memorial. A war memorial and military cemetery in Berlin’s Treptower Park. It was built to the design of the Soviet architect Yakov Belopolsky to commemorate 7,000 of the 80,000 Soviet soldiers who fell in the Battle of Berlin in April–May 1945. It opened four years after World War II on May 8, 1949. The Memorial served as the central war memorial of East Germany.
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard about the 9th of May. The postcard says:”Happy Victory Day”.
9 May is Victory Day. It is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin.
The surrender was signed twice. An initial document was signed in Reims on 7 May 1945 by the Western Allied Forces. Since the Soviet High Command had not agreed to the text of the surrender, the USSR requested that a second, revised, instrument of surrender be signed in Berlin. Joseph Stalin declared that the Soviet Union considered the Reims surrender a preliminary document, and Eisenhower immediately agreed with that. Another argument was that some German troops considered the Reims instrument of surrender, as a surrender to the Western Allies only, and fighting continued in the East, especially in Prague.
A quote of Stalin:
“Today, in Reims, Germans signed the preliminary act on an unconditional surrender. The main contribution, however, was done by Soviet people and not by the Allies, therefore the capitulation must be signed in front of the Supreme Command of all countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, and not only in front of the Supreme Command of Allied Forces. Moreover, I disagree that the surrender was not signed in Berlin, which was the center of Nazi aggression. We agreed with the Allies to consider the Reims protocol as preliminary.”
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard about the 9th of May. The postcard says:”Celebration Of Victory”.
9 May is Victory Day. It is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin.
The surrender was signed twice. An initial document was signed in Reims on 7 May 1945 by the Western Allied Forces. Since the Soviet High Command had not agreed to the text of the surrender, the USSR requested that a second, revised, instrument of surrender be signed in Berlin. Joseph Stalin declared that the Soviet Union considered the Reims surrender a preliminary document, and Eisenhower immediately agreed with that. Another argument was that some German troops considered the Reims instrument of surrender, as a surrender to the Western Allies only, and fighting continued in the East, especially in Prague.
A quote of Stalin:
“Today, in Reims, Germans signed the preliminary act on an unconditional surrender. The main contribution, however, was done by Soviet people and not by the Allies, therefore the capitulation must be signed in front of the Supreme Command of all countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, and not only in front of the Supreme Command of Allied Forces. Moreover, I disagree that the surrender was not signed in Berlin, which was the center of Nazi aggression. We agreed with the Allies to consider the Reims protocol as preliminary.”
Price: 0,75 euro
Set of 3 stamps about the International Sports and Cultural Festival for Peace, Pyongyang. Stamped.
Price: 0.20 euro
Stamp about the International Stamp Exhibition “FINLANDIA ’95” Helsinki, Finland. Stamped.
Price: 1.00 euro
Minisheet about the International Stamp Exhibition “FINLANDIA ’95” Helsinki, Finland. Stamped.
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label from Latvia. Late50’s/early 60’s.
“Kometa” match factory started production in 1914. In 1992 the factory was privatized.. In the last years the factory has gone through big changes. There were reconstructed and built new production buildings and warehouses; production equipment changed to modern Swedish and German production lines. “Kometa” is now the biggest producer of matches in Latvian and Baltic states (as of 2019).
Former Kometa factory logo.
Price: 0.50 euro
Matchbox set of cleaning housewife. One orange and one lightgreen label.
The text on the label says:”Electric Vacuum Cleaner In Each Apartment”. From late 50’s/early 60’s.
Price: 12.50 euro
This is the gold medal for 15 years of service in the national’s people’s army of the DDR. They started with this type of medal in 1956 and stopped in 1990.
Faithful Service Medals with a similar design were issued by Border Guards (Grenztruppen) and Civil Defense (Zivilverteidigung).
There were 4 different medals for this purpose;
Bronze: 5 years of service (no stripe)
Silver: 10 years of service (white stripe)
Gold: 15 years of service (yellow stripe)
Gold: 20 years of service (gold stripe and Roman numerals XX)
All medals of People Army Service.
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard about the 9th of May.
9 May is Victory Day. It is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin.
The surrender was signed twice. An initial document was signed in Reims on 7 May 1945 by the Western Allied Forces. Since the Soviet High Command had not agreed to the text of the surrender, the USSR requested that a second, revised, instrument of surrender be signed in Berlin. Joseph Stalin declared that the Soviet Union considered the Reims surrender a preliminary document, and Eisenhower immediately agreed with that. Another argument was that some German troops considered the Reims instrument of surrender, as a surrender to the Western Allies only, and fighting continued in the East, especially in Prague.
A quote of Stalin:
“Today, in Reims, Germans signed the preliminary act on an unconditional surrender. The main contribution, however, was done by Soviet people and not by the Allies, therefore the capitulation must be signed in front of the Supreme Command of all countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, and not only in front of the Supreme Command of Allied Forces. Moreover, I disagree that the surrender was not signed in Berlin, which was the center of Nazi aggression. We agreed with the Allies to consider the Reims protocol as preliminary.”
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard about the 9th of May.
9 May is Victory Day. It is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin.
The surrender was signed twice. An initial document was signed in Reims on 7 May 1945 by the Western Allied Forces. Since the Soviet High Command had not agreed to the text of the surrender, the USSR requested that a second, revised, instrument of surrender be signed in Berlin. Joseph Stalin declared that the Soviet Union considered the Reims surrender a preliminary document, and Eisenhower immediately agreed with that. Another argument was that some German troops considered the Reims instrument of surrender, as a surrender to the Western Allies only, and fighting continued in the East, especially in Prague.
A quote of Stalin:
“Today, in Reims, Germans signed the preliminary act on an unconditional surrender. The main contribution, however, was done by Soviet people and not by the Allies, therefore the capitulation must be signed in front of the Supreme Command of all countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, and not only in front of the Supreme Command of Allied Forces. Moreover, I disagree that the surrender was not signed in Berlin, which was the center of Nazi aggression. We agreed with the Allies to consider the Reims protocol as preliminary.”
Price: 1.50 euro
Postacrd from the Soviet Union, 1977, to commemorate 60 years of October Revolution.
The postcard says:”60 Years Of CCCP”.
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.
Price: 15.00 euro
Red book of Mao Zedong translated in Ducth and published by a Dutch publisher in 1978.
Price: 1.00 euro
Minisheet North Korea 1995. North Korean traditional games. Stamped.
Price: 1.00 euro
Minisheet North Korea 1995. North Korean traditional games. Stamped.
Price: 1.00 euro
Minisheet North Korea 1995. North Korean traditional games. Stamped.
Price: 85.00 euro
Size: 69.5x49cm./27.3×10.2inch
Stunning original propaganda poster taken out from North Korea. Handpainted. In perfect condition.
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label from Soviet Russia. The text says:”Vaccum cleaner meets working housewife”. The label is from late 50’s/early 60’s.
Price: 1,50 euro
Set of 5 matchbox labels from Latvia. The labels say:”Be Careful With Electricity!”. So now you know.
Price: 1.50 euro
Set of 5 matchbox labels from Latvia. The labels say:”Be Careful With Electricity!”. So now you know.
Price: 65.00 euro
These works of Stalin are his thoughts and political ideas written down based on the works of Karl Marx and his friend Lenin (Marxism, Lenism) in order to mobilise the Russian people for his political program.
In the DDR the communistic ruling party, the SED, wanted these works to be translated and published for the German people in 1950. Resulting in the 13 editions of the Stalin Werke. Originally there were 15 parts but after the death of Stalin an because of the rejected Stalin ideology by Khrushchev the 14th. and 15th. edition of the works were put on hold. These last 2 books were eventually published in1976.
Price: 1.50 euro
Postacrd from the Soviet Union, 1977, to commemorate 60 years of October Revolution. The postcard says:”Glory To The Great October!”. This postcard is the green version.
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.
Price: 1.50 euro
Postacrd from the Soviet Union, 1977, to commemorate 60 years of October Revolution. The postcard says:”Glory To The Great October!”. This postcard is the lilac version.
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.
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard, 1977, to celebrate 60 years of October Revolution.
Price: 45.00 euro
Size: 173x105cm./68.1×41.3inch.
Parade flag from the Soviet Union. On the front there is a head of Lenin and the text:”Put the party plans into action!”.
On the back the flag says:”Glory to the Soviet Union Socialist republics!”. And there are 16 coat of arms shown, the biggest one is a coat of arms representing all states. Then clockwise: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Azarbaijan, Moldavia, Kirghizia, Armenia, Estonia, Turkmenia, Tajikistan, Lithuania, Latvia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Russia.
Price: 0,50 euro
2 stamps, 1995, North Korea, in perfect condition. Stamped.
Price: 1.50 euro
Minisheet Northg Korea, 1995, about white animals. Stamped.
Price: 1.00 euro
Stamps from North Korea, 1995, with traditional games.
Price: 85.00 euro
Size: 70.5×51.5cm./27.5×20.2inch.
Original handpainted North Korean propaganda poster. In perfect condition. You can smell the paint. Taken out of North Korea.
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label from Hungary. It says:”Before using the gas… check the Tommy!”. The label is in very good condition.
Price: 0.50 euro
2 identical Czechoslavakian matchbox labels. One is with yellow background and one with a white background.
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label from Czechoslovakia. In very good condition.
Price: 450.00 euro
Size: 134x86cm./52.7×33.8inch.
Beautiful in perfect condition carpet from the DDR. From 1973.
The Combat Group Of The Working Class was a paramilitairy organization from 1953-1989 known as KDA (kampfgruppen Der Arbeiterklasse), to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. In it’s peak it contained 211.000 people in 1980.
The Combat Groups of the Working Class was formed on 1953, in response to the Uprising of 1953 in the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) which had occurred three months earlier, and was violently suppressed by the Volkspolizei. The KDA was intended to mirror the People’s Militias of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia which played a very important part in the consolidation of party’s power in Czechoslovakia in 1948.
Membership was mainly drawn from workers from state enterprises.
The KDA carpet in a museum
KDA flag
Price: 7.00 euro
This is a medal for 15 years of service in the Combat Group Of The Working Class. There were 4 different medals for this purpose;
Bronze: 5 years of service (one stripe ribbon)
Silver: 10 years of service (two stripe ribbon)
Gold: 15 years of service (three stripe ribbon)
Gold: 20 years of service (gold dot ribbon)
The Combat Group Of The Working Class was a paramilitairy organization from 1953-1989 known as KDA (kampfgruppen Der Arbeiterklasse), to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. In it’s peak it contained 211.000 people in 1980.
All medals of the KDA
KDA troops in parade
KDA troops and armoured vehicles.
Flag of the KDA
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard about the October Revolution 1970. Shown is the Order of the October Revolution medal and says:”From the saints of life”. The first medals were made in 1967 and awarded 106.000 times to individuals or groups for service for communism or the state or in enhancing the defences of the Soviet Union.
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard from the Soviet Union, 1982. The postcard says:”Glory To October!”.
Price: 1.50 euro
Soviet postcard from 1981 to commemorate the October Revolution. The postcard says:”Glory To The Great October!”. The card shows an eternal flame. There are many eternal flames in Russia. For fallen soldiers in sereval wars.
Price: 350.00 euro
Size: 151x93cm./59.4×36.6inch.
Very rare FDJ DDR carpet. In perfect condition. The carpet says:”FDJ Commitment”. And DDR-30. Probably 30 years. The FDJ was founded in 1946 and DDR in 1949 so this carpet is from 1976 or 1979. The 2 faces on the upper left are most likely Ernst Thalmann and Wilhelm Pieck.
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 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.
FDJ youth
FDJ with DDR flags in parade
FDJ flag
DDR and USSR flags in parade
FDJ carrying North Korean flags
Price: 2.00 euro
Minisheet from North Korea issued in 1995 containing fossils of North Korea. Stamped.
Price: 0.50 euro
A serie of 2 stamps about the Atlantic Olympic games 1996. the stamps are issued in 1995. Stamped.
Price: 1.50 euro
Minisheet North Korea, 1995, about the 26th Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996. Stamped.
Price: 85.00 euro
Size: 64x47cm./25.1×18.5inch.
Original handpainted North Korean propaganda poster. In perfect condition. You can smell the paint. Taken out of North Korea.
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label Soviet Union from late 50’s, early 60’ss. It has got something to do with insurance.
Price: 0.25 euro
The label is from late 50’s, early 60’s. The text says:”Small toy big consequences”.
Price: 0.25 euro
A Czechoslovakian matchbox label from the 50/60’s. On the top it says:”Do you know him?”.
On the bottom it says:”Loudmouth and annoyer who doesn’t belong to our fields”.
Price: 450.00 euro
Size: 151x93cm./59.4×36.6inch.
Very rare DDR carpet with Ernst Thalmann on it. The carpet is in perfect condition. Totally original. Very well made.
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) (1917) and Battle of Arras (1917).
Ernst Thalmann at a rally
Ernst Thalmann monument in Berlin
Ernst Thalmann
Ernst Thalmann speeching.
In 1972 Fidel Castro gave one of Cuba’s 4000 island to the DDR naming it Ernst Thalmann Island.
Price: 1.50 euro
This pin is about the Interkosmos space program. This pin is probably issued in 1980 when Cuban Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez travelled into orbit in the Interkosmos space program. As a member of the crew of Soyuz 38 he was the first Cuban citizen and the first person of African heritage in space. Together with Yuri Romanenko from the Soviet Union.
He has been honored by the Cuban Government for being the first Cuban, the first Caribbean, and the first Latin American to go into orbit. He was awarded the titles of Hero of the Republic of Cuba and the Order of Playa Giron. He also is a recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union award.
Interkosmos was a Soviet space program, designed to help the Soviet Union’s allies with manned and unmanned space missions.
The program included the allied east European nations of the Warsaw Pact and other socialist nations like Afghanistan, Cuba, Mongolia, and Vietnam. In addition, pro Soviet nations such as India and Syria participated, and even France and Austria, despite them being capitalist nations.
Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez
Interkosmos logo
Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez and Yuri Romanenko
Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez and Yuri Romanenko after their space flight
Price: 1.50 euro
This pin is about the Bahx ehibition. This is a permanent exhibition in Russia about the achievements of national economy established in 1935 as an agricultural exhibition.
Now the exhibition holds 2,375,000 square meters (bigger than Monaco) with subjects such as: engineering, space, atomic energy, education, radio electronics and culture and has around 11 million visitors each year. It contains more than 400 buildings.
Bahx exhibition centre.
Atomic energy building.
Entrance
Central pavillion.
Space pavillion.
Price: 5.00 euro
This is a medal for 5 years of service in the Combat Group Of The Working Class. There were 4 different medals for this purpose;
Bronze: 5 years of service (one stripe ribbon)
Silver: 10 years of service (two stripe ribbon)
Gold: 15 years of service (three stripe ribbon)
Gold: 20 years of service (gold dot ribbon)
The Combat Group Of The Working Class was a paramilitairy organization from 1953-1989 known as KDA (kampfgruppen Der Arbeiterklasse), to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. In it’s peak it contained 211.000 people in 1980.
All KDA medals
KDA troopsin parade
KDA troops and armoured vehicles.
Flag of the KDA
Price: 0.50 euro
A Soviet Union portcard with an image of Lenin.
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard, 1989, Soviet Union to celebrate the October Revolution. The text on the card says:”Happy October Holiday!”.
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard in honour of the October Revolution in 1917. Postcard is from 1987. The 70th. anniversary. Postcard says:”Glory October”. The hat from the little boy says:”Aurora”. The ship who fired the first shot in the Russian Revolution.
Price: 125.00 euro
Size: 14x13cm./5.1×5.5inch.
Gadaffi propaganda clock. Made in Russia. Rare outragious propaganda clock. If you have this in your house it will drop the jaw of everybody. Crazy. Clock has been tested and runs. In very good condition.
Gadaffi (1942-2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He was the leader of Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the “Brotherly Leader” of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.
When he was in the army he founded a revolutionary group which deposed the Western backed Senussi monarchy in a 1969 coup. He deported Libya’s Italian and Jewish minorities and ejected its Western military bases. He nationalized the oil industry and used the increasing state revenues for the military, fund foreign revolutionaries, and implement social programs for house building, healthcare and education projects.
In 1973, he outlined his Third International Theory that year, publishing these ideas in The Green Book.
He died in 2011 when Libya was in a civil war.
Gadaffi in better times
Gadaffi with Fidel Castro
Gadaffi’s green book
Gadaffi with Nelson Mandela
Price: 0.50 euro
Stamp from North Korea, 1995, stamped, in very good condition.
The General Association of Korean Residents, also known as Chongryon is one of two main organisations for long term Korean residents in Japan. It has close ties to North Korea. As there are no diplomatic relations between the two states, it has functioned as North Korea’s embassy in Japan.
However, the organization has run into severe financial trouble, with debts of over US$750 million, and has been ordered by court in 2012 to dispose of most of its assets, including its Tokyo headquarters.
The former headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.
Price: 1.00 euro
Size: 6.2×7.8/2.4x3inch.
Minisheet from 1995 about the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996. Stamped.
Price: 85.00 euro
Size: 64x47cm./25.1×18.5inch.
Original handpainted poster bought in North Korea and taken out. It’s the typical agressive North Korean propaganda.
The bottom of the poster says:”Doomsday. Forward towards the U.S.!”. A beautiful piece.
