A stainless steel jewel box with a plaque (0,4 cm thick) on the top of its lid with the image of medieval masters leaning on the Coat of Arms of the city of Sheffield. At the bottom of the plaque is the motto in Latin: "Deo adjuvante labor proficit". On the left side of the lid one can spot an engraving of a hammer and sickle and the inscription: “To the citizens of Stalingrad / from Sheffield, city of steel / The Great Britain + December, 1941”. On the right there is an engraving of the coat of arms of the United Kingdom followed by an inscription that reads: “To the people of Stalingrad / from Sheffield the steel city / of Britain December 1941”. Four notebooks with wishes and greetings and a list of organisations are tied with ribbons and put in the jewel box.
A chest with greetings from citizens and women of Sheffield (4 notebooks) and a list of Sheffield organizations that sent greetings to the citizens of Stalingrad
The United Kingdom ,
МЗСБ КП 3348/1
11 х 51,2 х 32,1 cm
metal, fabric, velvet, enamel, punching, welding, engraving, grinding, assembly, weaving
Himsworth, Joyce Rosemary. South Yorkshire county, Sheffield
See also
Figurine “Warrior of the Swedish army of the XIX century” on a stand
Sweden ,
1999
Figurine “Warrior of the Swedish army of the XIX century” on a stand
Figurine "Warrior of the Swedish army of the XIX century" on a stand. A gift from the delegation of Sweden, 1999. A statue under a glass dome.
A plaque with the appeal in verses by Piero Calamandrei “Monument to Shame.”
Italy ,
1975
A plaque with the appeal in verses by Piero Calamandrei “Monument to Shame.”
The author writes, “you will have, comrade Kesselring, the monument you demand from us Italians, but it is up to us to decide what stones it will be built of... and the name of those stones is now and forever Resistance”; the poem was written on December 4, 1952 after the statement was made by A. Kesselring that Italians must erect a monument dedicated to him
