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Vintage, 1980s, БНМАУ, Socialist

$250.00
: M
: Red

The Mongolian Cyrillic inscription begins with БНМАУ, an abbreviation for Бүгд Найрамдах Монгол Ард Улс, the People’s Republic of Mongolia (PRM), a political designation used from 1924 to 1992. Any garment carrying this mark originates squarely within that socialist era, when industrial output across Mongolia operated under centralized planning and naming conventions shaped by state ideology. The presence of Арьс ширний үйлдвэрлэлийн нэгдэл, rendered as “Leather and Hide Production Union / Combine,” situates the piece within the institutional framework typical of that period, in which production entities functioned as consolidated state-run units. This terminology parallels the industrial structures found across contemporary socialist states—Bulgaria, the USSR, East Germany, and others—whose manufacturing traditions similarly favored large, vertically integrated combines responsible for every stage of material processing and garment fabrication. The combination of these elements provides a precise historical and industrial context: a garment produced under the authority of the People’s Republic of Mongolia, within a state-controlled leather and hide combine, shaped by the broader socialist manufacturing traditions that define much of your existing collection.

Size Conversion (approximate):
US Women’s Size: M
EU Women’s Size: 38

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