Catalogue Number
NMLH.1994.168.222.1
Object Name
Poster
Title
40th Anniversary of socialist revolution poster - French Communist Party
Place
France
Events
October 1917 Revolution
Date
1957
Description
Large poster - blue background. Has a colourful painting of a bouquet of flowers - the bouquet wrap is red, with a rose and yellow flowers inside. The inner corner of the bouquet shows a yellow Hammer and Sickle - a symbol first adopted for the Russian Revolution.. There is writing in French on the bottom of the poster; this translates to "Long live the 40th Anniversary, The socialist Revolution October 1917, The French Communist Party." There is an address on the bottom right - "P.P1. 26. Rue Clavel. Paris." This poster was issued by the French Communist Party, celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the October 1917 Revolution. The October Revolution, officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution under the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917â1923. The poster is in a good moderately good conditions, but there is a tear in
the centre, with rips on both bottom edges.
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