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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A souvenir with the views of Ulan Bator
Mongolia ,
18.04.1965
A souvenir with the views of Ulan Bator
A gift from the Mongolian delegation led by Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party to the Tsaritsyn - Stalingrad Museum of Defense 18.04.1965
Vase. A gift from burgomaster of Liège Maurice Destenay
Belgium ,
15-19.06.1965
Vase. A gift from burgomaster of Liège Maurice Destenay
A gift from burgomaster of Liège Maurice Destenay, who visited Volgograd on 15-19.06.1965.
Liège Province, Seraing. The neck of the vase is engraved with the Liège coat of arms; the factory mark on the bottom says, “Val St. Lambert / Cristal Belgium / depose”