Single sheet 8" x 13", front only. In very good to excellent condition, showing minor creasing and loss of paper along the bottom edge. The wear does not reach the text which is crisp, bright and perfectly legible.

The flyer was issued as a morale booster by the Political Department of the Fourth Division of the famous First Cavalry Army led by its creator and commander Semyon Budyonny. This unit played a decisive role in several key battles of the Russian Civil War, in particular against the Baron Vrangel's White forces in the south of Russia and the Polish Army in the west. It i

Single sheet 8" x 13", front only. In very good to excellent condition, showing minor creasing and loss of paper along the bottom edge. The wear does not reach the text which is crisp, bright and perfectly legible.

The flyer was issued as a morale booster by the Political Department of the Fourth Division of the famous First Cavalry Army led by its creator and commander Semyon Budyonny. This unit played a decisive role in several key battles of the Russian Civil War, in particular against the Baron Vrangel's White forces in the south of Russia and the Polish Army in the west. It is interesting that the trademark Red Army budyonovka cloth helmet was named after the charismatic leader of the First Cavalry. His command performance early during the Patriotic War however was much criticized and afterwards he held mostly ceremonial posts.

The Fourth Division, whose full name was Fourth Petrograd Cavalry Division (later renamed Fourth Leningrad Cavalry Division following the renaming of the city) was formed in 1918. It changed fourteen commanders over the years of its existence, among them three future Marshals of the Soviet Union, Semyon Budyonny, Semyon Timoshenko, and Konstantin Zhukov.

Please note that the pen in our photo is for size reference.
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