Medal with the image of the defenders of Port Said (in the case)
Egypt ,
Ø 80 х 5 mm
Ø 80 х 5 мм
metal, stamping
The medal is dedicated to the Suez Crises (it is also called Sinai War, the Second Arab-Israeli war or the tripartite aggression), the international conflict that was on from October 1956 to March 1957 due to the fight for having control over the Suez Canal. The obverse has three armed Egyptians that are repelling the Anglo-Franco-Israeli amphibious attack coming from the sea and the air landing near the city of Port-Said. On the reverse there is a portrait of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the UAR President, painted in profile.
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Decorative plate
Cyprus ,
24.06.1963
Decorative plate
Present of the delegation of the Progressive Party of the Working People of Cyprus (AKΣL) to the Tsaritsyn - Stalingrad Museum of Defense. The plate is decorated with a schematic map of Cyprus and the ‘Cyprus – the island of Aphrodite’ wording written in English; the rim of the plate is covered with six images of the sights of the island; on the base of the plate there is a manufacture’s mark: three crowns inside a Laurel wreath. The plate can be hung on a wall.
Chest of books. A gift from the American children to the children of Stalingrad
USA ,
Chest of books. A gift from the American children to the children of Stalingrad
A wooden box with a flap lid and a metal hinge for a padlock. Side walls of the chest are decorated with children’s oil paintings of the New York City views and ships. The chest was made for transportation and storage of the children’s books selected by American boys and girls for young Stalingraders.
Double-sided napkin. . A gift from women of the English-Soviet Committee of Dover
The United Kingdom ,
23.05.1944
Double-sided napkin. . A gift from women of the English-Soviet Committee of Dover
A double-sided linen napkin. On one side there is an inscription in English that reads: “People with people, lands with lands will live freely together as comrades”. On the other side the inscription reads: “A token of friendship from Dover, the English front-city, to Stalingrad, the bastion of freedom and peace”. All the corners of the napkin are decorated with the USSR and the UK flags embroidered in circles. It is a crochet border napkin. Kent county, Dover