Soviet Wool Coat Identification Help

[behlftball]

Hi,

I am a novice collector and this is the first Soviet item I have ever acquired. I have literally no clue what I have here of if this piece is real or fantasy. Any help? Thanks in advance. Let me know if you need any more pictures, etc.

Thanks,
Phil

[jwp]

don't know anything regarding the jacket, but I think the Lenin badges were tourist pieces you could buy in Russia in the soviet 1970s period and a bit later.

[Aleksander P]

Hi,

I am a novice collector and this is the first Soviet item I have ever acquired. I have literally no clue what I have here of if this piece is real or fantasy. Any help? Thanks in advance. Let me know if you need any more pictures, etc.

Thanks,
Phil

It's a souvenir piece that you can find at any ex-Eastern Block country. They add all kinds of badges etc to cheap surplus items to make them appealing to tourists. The attached badges and sewn on hammer & sickle are just from the makers imagination, the shinel is original.

[RichieC]

Total fantasy item.

I believe saw this listed on eBay for a painful amount of money from a seller here in the USA. Something in the range of $500.00.

I truly hope you did not pay even 10% of that...

[Aleksander P]

Total fantasy item.

I believe saw this listed on eBay for a painful amount of money from a seller here in the USA. Something in the range of $500.00.

I truly hope you did not pay even 10% of that...

You have to be kidding me with that price Richie.