Noor Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Hi, I have this heavy piece and planning to put it up on sale. Before that I would like to find out what it is actually. Can it be some kind of an award, decorative piece or paper weight? It is ca. 7,5 cm high and 6 cm wide. I actually can't be even 100% sure is it Russian. It came out from one old house in Estonia. Kind Regards, Noor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Looks like a 1920s Berlin police armoured car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Austin Putilov ................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noor Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 I am fairly sure that it is the same armoured car on top which Lenin held his famous speech 1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) This is a souvenir from soviet time. Ideologically "loaded" of course. What we have here is a Russian version of British armored car Austin (known as Ostin-Putilovez) http://www.opoccuu.com/austinp.htmhttp://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%F1%F2%E8%ED_(%E1%F0%EE%ED%E5%E0%E2%F2%EE%EC%EE%E1%E8%EB%FC) When Lenin arrived to Russia on April 3,1917 he made his speech from the very same armored carhttp://whoyougle.ru/texts/lenin-armoured-car/ Edited July 29, 2013 by JapanX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noor Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 Some how even I remember a picture of that speech from history book around 1989 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noor Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 JapanX - does that "Putilovez" came from the name or word Puljemjot.... puljemotzik? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) Nope. It was called like that because this version of British armored car was developed and manufactured by Putilov factory (Putilov is the name of the ex-owner of this famous russian weaponry factory). Today it is known as Kirov factory. Edited July 29, 2013 by JapanX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noor Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 Nope. It was called like that because this version of British armored car was developed and manufactured by Putilov factory (Putilov is the name of the ex-owner of this famous russian weaponry factory). Today it is known as Kirov factory. Aa, great, learned something new today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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