A five-pointed pennon displaying colours of the Belgium flag (black, yellow and red vertical stripes). In the middle of the pennon there is a blue emblem – “le Front de l'Indépendance” (The Independence Front) that displays a depiction of a lion rampant with protracted claws and its tongue stuck out (The Belgium Lion), the main element of the Belgium coat of arms) in a lozenge. On both sides one can spot two golden letters – F and I – the Front’s abbreviation. The “Charleroi” is printed at the bottom of the pennon in golden letters. It has golden webbing on both sides and a webbing with a fringe trim on the bottom. On top there is a rod with a cord to fix the pennon.
Pennant “Independent Front” (Le Front de l’Indépendance) Charleroi
Belgium ,
29.09.1973
МЗСБ КП 12547 П 932
25.7 x 18.4 cm (fringed)
synthetic fabric, cord, braid, thread, weaving, sewing, screen printing
A gift from the veterans of Belgium partisans to the veterans of the Battle of Stalingrad, 29.09.1973.
Hinnot province, Charleroi
See also
Brochure “My Trip to the USSR”
The United Kingdom ,
1945
Brochure “My Trip to the USSR”
A gift from the author, the chairman of Aid to Russia Fund at the British Red Cross, to D. Pigalyov, the chairman of the executive committee of the Stalingrad city council of working people's deputies
London
Ridd. Painting “Invincible Stalingrad – the Cemetery of German Fascism.”
Cuba ,
1945
Ridd. Painting “Invincible Stalingrad – the Cemetery of German Fascism.”
The painter depicted the Square of the Fallen Fighters in the last days of the Stalingrad Battle: a Red Army soldier is hoisting a flag on the Red Army House, a column of war prisoners is moving across the square, in the background on the left the ruins of Central Department Store and other buildings can be seen. The painter was inspired by a photo taken by Grigory Kapustyansky, special correspondent of the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. This photo known under the caption “The Victory Flag in Stalingrad on February 3, 1943” was featured in the world’s leading mass media. The picture is fixed on a cardboard passe-partout; the inscription on the lower edge made in the Russian language reads: “Invincible Stalingrad – cemetery of the German fascism”. The inscription to the right reads: “Ridd S”, the inscription below: “Havana / 1945”.
