14th Apr, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
  Lot 40
 

40

A Second World War Russian Propaganda Poster, the upper section with the allies of Britain,...

A Second World War Russian Propaganda Poster, the upper section with the allies of Britain, Russia and America depicted as soldiers backed by their national flags and standing on the back of a fallen Adolf Hiter, the lower section with cyrillic script which translates as ''Red Army jointly with our Allies will break the back of the fascist beast'', coloured lithograph, published 1943, apporoximately 90cm by 60cm, in a glazed oak frame; also, an oak framed edition of the Moscow News June 27 1941, the front cover printed with a poster ''Wipe Fascism Off the Face of the Earth!'' (2)

Sold for £400
Estimated at £100 - £200


 

. 1 - water staining to the lower margin, with creases and four small edge tears. 2 - Yellowed and fold crease. Both posters are in sealed frames. They do not appear to be stuck down and have visible fold marks

 


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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 14th Apr, 2021

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