Soviet What is this?

[Noor]

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

[Guest Rick Research]

Looks like a 1920s Berlin police armoured car.

[Robin Lumsden]

Austin Putilov ...................

[Noor]

I am fairly sure that it is the same armoured car on top which Lenin held his famous speech 1917.

[JapanX]

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.htm

http://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 car

http://whoyougle.ru/texts/lenin-armoured-car/

Edited July 29, 2013 by JapanX

[Noor]

Some how even I remember a picture of that speech from history book around 1989

[Noor]

JapanX - does that "Putilovez" came from the name or word Puljemjot.... puljemotzik?

[JapanX]

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

[Noor]

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