NAVAL SILK FLAG from 1976 - Soviet Union Naval ensign with Guard honor

Description

NAVAL SILK FLAG from 1976 - Soviet Union Naval ensign with Guard honor
Original Soviet era Naval Flag made of silk
Ensign of Honor (“Ship of the Naval Guard”)
a Naval ensign with the addition of the
Scroll of Honour
.
This title and special ensign were established in 1943, slightly modified in 1950, and are awarded as a mark of honor to a warship which has particularly distinguished itself.
Size
1 x 0.7 meter
( 39" x 27")
Original Russian hang tab
Flag made in 1976
This special type of flag has been in use from 1950 to 1992
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Ensign of Honor (“Ship of the Naval Guard”)
The final naval ensign of the USSR, adopted in 1935, combined traditional symbols of communism—the red star and hammer and sickle—with the white and blue colors of tsarist Russia's old war ensign, the Andrew Flag. For ships awarded the honorary title "Guards," a Guard Ribbon in the black and orange colors of the Order of Glory (the same colors as the ribbon of the tsarist Cross of St. George) was added above the blue stripe.
Soviet Union - Naval ensign with Guard honor
In its early years the Soviet Union (USSR) used variations of the Red Banner for most purposes. Later, to rally traditional Russian nationalism on behalf of the state, some imperial symbols were readopted in modified form. For example, the imperial navy's "St. Andrew's Flag" which had been in use for over 200 years, was revived. The white field of the new ensign bore Communist symbols instead of the former blue saltire (diagonal cross), but it also had a blue stripe at the bottom.
The red hammer and sickle represented the workers and peasants who supposedly were the basis for Soviet society and government. The red five-pointed star stood for the eventual victory for Communist revolution which was anticipated on all five continents. The bold colors and design made this ensign highly visible at sea.
All USSR naval vessels flew this ensign, but in addition some were granted one or more special honors. Thus in 1942, in the middle of World War II, the "Guard" honor was introduced. The ensign of a ship so recognized (like the one to which this flag belonged) bore a long wavy ribbon, striped orange and black lengthwise.
Those colors were associated with the Guard honor, but they ultimately derived from the orange and black ribbon of the empire's Order of St. George the Martyr. From 1819 until 1918 distinguished units of the imperial armed forces had similarly been allowed to add the "George the Victorious" emblem to their flags.
The Russian inscription on the hoist of this Guard ensign includes the date of manufacture 1976, plus the cardboard military storage tag