A banknote of 10 drachmas dating back to 1955 issued with a dedicatory inscription: “Let a piece of Greece devoted to Stalingrad stay in this dear city.”
Greece ,
12.12.1958
МЗСБ КП 7624
66,5 х 155,5 mm
paper, printing
A gift from K. Pomonas, a Greek tourist. Byzantine temple; on the back there is a portrait of the King George II of Greece (1890-1947), the first constitutional monarch of Greece. On the right there is a pen-written message that reads: “May a piece of a true-hearted Greece stay in the dearest Stalingrad / K. Pomonas”
See also
Box – a gift from Lester Pearson, the Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada
Canada ,
10.10.1955
Box – a gift from Lester Pearson, the Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada
A gift from Lester Pearson, the Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada, who visited Stalingrad on 10.10.1955.
The sword in the scabbard. A gift from King George VI to the citizens of Stalingrad
The United Kingdom ,
1943
The sword in the scabbard. A gift from King George VI to the citizens of Stalingrad
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.