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09-17-2018 08:53 PM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement
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GDR and Soviet flag
The flags are okay. Also the price seems good to me.
East German flags are mostly made of polyester/nylon. Cotton was a rare natural product that had to be imported into the GDR.
It was therefore expensive because it had to be paid in Western currencies.
In the GDR many plastics were developed. Just think of the plastic car body of the Trabant.
That the flag was purchased in the former East Berlin is not that strange. In 1989, the year of the fall of the Berlin Wall and shortly after you could buy the GDR flag and other GDR memorablia everywhere in Berlin. Even today you find them in Berlin. You will encounter East German flags in many sizes.
The same applies to the Soviet flag. After the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991 it had become redundant. A Soviet flag does not necessarily have to be made in the Soviet Union but looking at the "CCCP" stamp, I think it was manufactured in the former Soviet Union.
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East German militaria seems to be a good area to branch into if you're looking for an inexpensive way to supplement your existing collection. Out of curiosity, I have just done some searching for original DDR militaria, and was astonished at just how cheap everything is. I understand that the existence of the DDR, and the Soviet Union by extension, is still within the lifetimes of most people alive today.
The prices really are a breath of fresh air compared to anything and everything Third Reich. I was astonished to see a complete East German uniform selling for £30. The WWII-era equivalent would add a couple of zeroes to that figure!
I can see areas like this becoming far more popular amongst collectors in the coming decades! Although one cannot dictate or predict future market forces, this would probably be a sensible area to invest in.
B.B.
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