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alec added these pithy words on 17 May 06 at 2:28 pmThat Communist Party card is one of the cooler things I’ve seen! Too bad there isn’t a ‘buy now’ function for this auction.
Dusty added these pithy words on 18 May 06 at 3:37 amA couple of years ago while in Shenzhen, I spent some time in a souvenir shop. They had an ungodly number of posters and pins. Some were from WWII and others were from the Korean war.
Many posters of the latter were propaganda on how the US was using chemical or biological warfare. I remember one accused us of spreading cockroaches so as to spread disease. The proprietor laughed so loud when he described that one for me.
I got a little red book, first issue, there (signed and dated by the original owner) and Lin Biao’s commentary. I should have gotten some posters, too.
Kirk H. Sowell added these pithy words on 20 May 06 at 12:23 pmWhen I was in Moscow a few years ago I bought an old Soviet military hat from any old man in the streets. It was one of those think hats which are really warm and good for winter. It still had all the Soviet military emblems on it; I still have the hat, but not the emblems. I think that I gave them to an uncle.
LazyNomad added these pithy words on 13 Jun 06 at 9:23 amThat is not Communist Party Membership card. It`s a Comsomol (Committee of Soviet Youth) membership card. Such cards were given practically to all high-school students.
Secondary school pupils were pioneers, while elementary were ‘’oktyabryata’’ (October kids), because soviet revolution happened in October, 1917. Pioneers had red neckties, while oktyabryata only small badge (5-pointed star, in the center of which was the image of Lenin as a kid).
