Signed "Fahne der Solidarität" handed to a DRV diplomat, LPG Mansfeld
On a harvest field in front of combine harvesters, cooperative farmers hold up a GDR state flag on which are written the name of their farm, 'DDR Solidarität Vietnam' and a block of signatures; a man in a dark suit (identified in the archive caption as a DRV embassy secretary) holds the other end. The wire-service caption stresses that all 300 members signed. Participation is shown as unanimous and is offered as the argument (bandwagon).
- Date
- July 26, 1972
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- LPG "Oskar Schneller" (agricultural cooperative), Mansfeld, GDR; photographed by the state news agency ADN-Zentralbild
- Country
- East Germany
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Leader
- Willi Stoph
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- Vietnam War
- Techniques
- Bandwagon
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive), Bild 183-L0726-0031, via Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 3.0 DE (Commons template CC-BY-SA-3.0-DE; Bundesarchiv donation, photographer Helmut Schaar)
Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-L0726-0031 / Schaar, Helmut / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE
Text on the object
LPG "Oskar Schneller" Mansfeld DDR Solidarität Vietnam [signatures, illegible]
LPG (agricultural production cooperative) "Oskar Schneller" Mansfeld GDR Solidarity Vietnam [signatures, illegible]
Handwritten lettering on the flag's black-red-gold stripes; the signatures on the gold stripe cannot be read. The archive's scale marking at lower left (Bild number, photographer, date) is the archive's, not part of the object.
