Russia, Soviet Union. A Gulag Inmate’s Telogreika Auction (Glückwunschkarte mit Unterschrift)

(Glückwunschkarte mit Unterschrift)

Instituted March 29th

and Grunwald Badge (in bronze

Socialist coat-of-arms government stamped

Russia, Soviet Union. A Gulag Inmate’s Telogreika Auction (Glückwunschkarte mit Unterschrift)(). A well preserved Gulag inmates telogreika constructed of a padded wool shell lined on the exterior with a dark blue grey cotton liner, executed with ribbed quilting. Stitched onto the upper left breast is a white cotton label which appears to be hand painted Cyrillic characters . The cuff of each sleeve features a narrow slit which closes with a pressed card stock button meeting a single loop. Five additional buttons are affixed to the right