Before the Fall of the USSR every room of every office had a picture of Lenin hanging in every room. This was the most common. And it was found in all the East European cities and towns, especially government buildings.…
Category: GALLERY
GALLERY- Soviet Era-Wood/Metal Military Award Communist-Czechoslovakia 1970s
One-of-a-kind, Acquired in the Balkans after the fall of the Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe, senior military officers began selling off the awards given to them from other Warsaw Pact joint operations. (The presentation plate has been removed.) This plaque…
GALLERY- Historic Mountbatten Tapestry from 1885, $7,000
Alexander Battenberg of Hesse, (Germany) was “appointed” the first Tsar of Bulgaria by the Council of Berlin after the Russian monarchy had helped the Bulgarians achieve their independence from the Ottoman Turks. The state of Bulgaria was created in 1879…