Young Red Guards Finish:Stretched Rood Koper

Rood Koper

4 cylinders - 8 pistons

Iron Ochre and green 'aceroso' copper

and behind them a man's artificial leg has gone through the ice

inscribed in ink 'Caprifolium non perfoliatum flore interius albo rubro externe Boerh

Young Red Guards Finish:Stretched Rood KoperYoung Red Guards, Russia, c1917 c1923(?). The original Red Guards were armed groups of workers controlled by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution. They formed the basis for the Red Army which replaced the old Russian military in January 1918 and fought during the Russian Civil War. The term 'Red Guards' is often used to members of the Red Army rather than in its original context.