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
Tablecloth. A gift from women of English-Soviet committee of Coventry
The United Kingdom ,
1943
Tablecloth. A gift from women of English-Soviet committee of Coventry
Tablecloth with 830 names of English women embroidered on it, who worked at the Coventry weaving factory and were active members of the English-Soviet Unity Committee who participated in raising funds for medical aid to Stalingrad. West Midlands country, Coventry
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
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.”
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”