A red star is ubiquitous and is not a communist symbol since the dawn of time.
This one speaks for itself.
Here is a French Purple Heart.
This one is a Japanese Patriotic Women's Association merit badge.
US-Assistant Secretary Of The Navy Aeronautics flag
Flag of an U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense
Red Star Football Club, also known simply as Red Star, a French association football club founded in Paris in 1897, and is the fourth oldest French football club...
The Magen David Adom is Israel's national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service.
Red Star Yeast Company, LLC is a joint-venture of Lesaffre, and Archer Daniels Midland Company.
Since 1853, Lesaffre and Red Star have used their passion and expertise to bring superior yeast & ingredients to the commercial baking industry.
The Chicago Red Stars are a professional women's soccer club based in Bridgeview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
Red Star Göteborg Sports Club
For honorable mention, the Red Star Line Founded 1871 and Defunct 1935.
I would venture to say that Betelgeuse is, if not the biggest Red Star in the universe, it is at least the most well known and not a Communist symbol.
I'll say again Soviet does not mean Communist even in Cyrillic. It means council.
