Hand-Made Invitation Card to a meeting dedicated to the first post-WW2 elections to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, made by children of an orphanage, 1946.
Measures 5" x 4", made of cardboard. The obverse is decorated by hand, in watercolors, with Stalin's profile surrounded by red banners. The inscription under the portrait, made with a calligraphy quill pen, reads "Invitation Card." The inscription on the verso reads "Dear Vera Ivanovna, we are inviting you to the meeting of young pioneers dedicated to the election to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The meeting will take place on 6 February at 6 p.m. in the hall of Orphanage #22. Staff of the Young Pioneers Squad." The card is not dated but the only February elections were the first pos
Measures 5" x 4", made of cardboard. The obverse is decorated by hand, in watercolors, with Stalin's profile surrounded by red banners. The inscription under the portrait, made with a calligraphy quill pen, reads "Invitation Card." The inscription on the verso reads "Dear Vera Ivanovna, we are inviting you to the meeting of young pioneers dedicated to the election to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The meeting will take place on 6 February at 6 p.m. in the hall of Orphanage #22. Staff of the Young Pioneers Squad." The card is not dated but the only February elections were the first post-WW2 elections to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, 2nd convocation, on 10 February 1946.
In very good condition. There is a level of soiling to both sides of the card, very modest for a piece of child's artwork. Whoever painted the obverse was a talented young artist: not only the banners look very realistic but Stalin's likeness is amazingly good. The entire design was probably adapted from an achievement certificate, a very popular form of commendation in the Soviet Union.
The Partiotic War of 1941-1945 bred tens of thousands of orphans. According to the data available on the site of Lenin's Library in Moscow, the Soviet Union had 6,543 orphanages in 1950.
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