On the obverse, there is a stylized image of a mass grave with the crosses and the name of the organization in the outer circle – "Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge"; on the reverse – a quote from B. Spinoza: "Peace is not the absence of war. Peace is a virtue, a state of mind, a tendency to good, trust and justice" and a logotype of the German War Graves Commission – 5 grave crosses.
Medal of German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge)
FRG ,
МЗСБ КП 23358
Ø 50 х 3 mm
metal, stamping, varnishing
Present from the German delegation
See also
Banner. On one side of the banner, an inscription is made with gold paint in French: “The youth of the country of Fabienne and Guy Môquet will never fight against the country of the heroes of Stalingrad”
France ,
26.08.1950
Banner. On one side of the banner, an inscription is made with gold paint in French: “The youth of the country of Fabienne and Guy Môquet will never fight against the country of the heroes of Stalingrad”
Banner. On one side of the banner, an inscription is made with gold paint in French: "The youth of the country of Fabienne and Guy Môquet will never fight against the country of the heroes of Stalingrad" (Jamais les jeunes du pays / de Fabien et de Guy Môquet / ne feront la guerre au pays / des heros de Stalingrad); on the other side, there is an article from the French Constitution: "The French Republic will never use its forces against the freedom of other people" (La République Française / n'emploiera / jamais ses forces / contre / la liberté d'aucun peuple / Constitution Française).
A gift from the French youth peasant organization to the youth of Stalingrad, 26.08.1950.
Sculptural composition “Freedom”
Italy ,
1984
Sculptural composition “Freedom”
1984 Peace Creator Award to the people of Volgograd, who knew the horrors of war, from the Sermig community (SERMIG - Youthful Missionary Service Brotherhood of Hope). The stylized figures of a man and a woman hold a crossbar above them, on which a quote from Paul Eluard is burned in Italian: "Freedom, I write your name on the crossbar of my door" (Libertà io scrivo il tuo nome sull' architrave della mia porta. P. Éluard). Ode "Freedom" was written by Éluard in 1942 during the German occupation of France. The base (stand) of the sculptural group has a metal plate attached with the text: “1984 Peace Creator Award / City of bulls to the city of Volgograd” (Premio artigiano per la Pace 1984 / La città di boves alla città di Volgograd).
Piedmont region, Turin
