OT028

Item

Object ID
OT028
Type
Pennant
Rights Holder
CIC
Provenance
Constructorul Club, Romania
Season
1954-1955
Description
Pennant, Asociatia Sportiva Constructorul Club, Bucharest 1954. Two tone gold with gold and red text and Locomotiva motif. Red and gold tassels and brown reverse side.
Info
This pennant was presented to Swansea RFC by the Constructorul Rugby Club Bucharest when they toured in Romania in August 1954. Swansea were thus the first western club to play behind the ‘Iron Curtain’. The second of two matches was against This club on 24 September 1954 (won 16 – 5) at the Stade Dynamo (capacity 30,000).
Keywords
pennant, constructorul club, romania, bucharest, tour, 1954-1955, 1954,
Item sets
St Helen's Archive
Media
OT028
OT028a