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Hi all,

Any ideas or suggestions where this is, & what the demonstration may have been about. Its part of an archive bought from a Russian Photo-Journalist, working in the 50s & 60s, so I am assuming this is an Eastern Bloc country.

Many thanks,

Tonji

BTW they are not Welsh this time  :)

Is it a march demanding for Women-only poker events?


Seriously though, those flags must be the key here.  Shame it isn't in colour...;D

Are they not swiss?

The cross on the swiss flag doesn't reach the edge.

Can't find any current Eastern Bloc flags that look like that.  Georgia is the only one (of the current flags) that has a cross, but it has 4 smaller crosses in each square and also is a red cross on a white background - which doesn't match the photo.

It could be regional flag though - eg Hungary is divided into many Cantons (like Switzerland), but I've not managed to find a site with the flags.

Tonji - how'd you get on with the spearmen pic?

The flag DB is a great place....

http://www.flagid.org/found.asp?qa=1000000&qDI=CRO9,66,68,127,151,,,0,

its the womens institute for the hot cross bun wars of 1937,,,.,.,where the price of flour went through the roof after mr kippling started his own cake factory in WALES.,.,,.,.,

Hi Rod,

I never really got a definitive answer on that from the Pitts River museum, there best bet was Sarawak. I've since sold it to a Belgian anthropologist.

The Hungarian Uprising, in the 1950s, thats a possibility  :)up

A lesser known flag from Germany 1200-1350 is The Holy Roman Flag don't know why it would be used then though, unless it was a religion thing :dontask:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Germany

Early picture of the Anfield Kop from the 1800's , Stanley Park in the background.

 ;marks;

A Greek flag perhaps

Could be a Scandinavian flag although they are not usually symmetrical

I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and say its for womens rights in Denmark. God knows why I chose Denmark...

Thats a fantastic site, (now book marked) cheers FlyingPig.

The closest match seems to be Georgia Army Flag, but wether this gives a definitive location to the photograph I'm not sure. I'll leave it on the back burner a while, theres thousands to sort & catalogue in this archive, something else may well turn up that gives a further clue.

Many thanks all for your input  :)up

Tell him we want to know!!! ;)