At the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany, there were a total of 201 German military standards and colours, majority being from the Wehrmacht. Carried by a battalion of Soviet soldiers from the Separate Operational Purpose Division of the NKVD, they were thrown to the steps of Lenin's Mausoleum under drumroll during the march past of the ground column.

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