A steel sword with a hand grip bound in pure gold. It has a silver pommel with a gold star and was presented together the leather scabbard decorated with the Royal arms and the Cypher made of gold and stars made of silver.
The sword in the scabbard. A gift from King George VI to the citizens of Stalingrad
The United Kingdom ,
1943
МЗСБ КП 2573/1-2 П 73
sword: 124 x 26 x 4 cm; scabbard: 92.5 x 6.5 x 2.6 cm; sword in sheath: 124.5 x 26 x 4 cm
steel, gold, silver, leather, enamel, casting, forging, dressing, cutting, polishing, engraving
The inscription on the double-edged sword is made in two languages – English and Russian - and reads: “To the steel-hearted citizens of Stalingrad • the gift of king George vi • in token of the homage of the British people”. The sword was presented to I.V. Stalin in 1943 at the Tehran Conference.
See also
Vase “Prague to the heroic Stalingrad”.
Czechoslovakia ,
07.11.1951
Vase “Prague to the heroic Stalingrad”.
Vase "Prague to the heroic Stalingrad". Present of the working people of Prague to the inhabitants of Stalingrad on the occasion of the 34th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, 7.11.1951
The inscription on the front cartouche reads: “Praha / hrdinnému Stalingradu / 7.XI.1951”
