Desktop souvenir. Three shells on a stand
Yugoslavia ,
1948
МЗСБ КП 8544
25 х 30,5 х 17 cm
metal, wood, milling and turning, grinding, varnishing, assembly, engraving
Desktop souvenir. Three shells on a stand. Engraving on the donation plate: “To the fraternal / Stalingrad Komsomol / from the working youth of Kragujevac” (Братском / стаљинградском комсомолу / радничка омладина / Крагуjевца).
A gift from the working youth of Kragujevac to the Stalingrad Komsomol, 1948
Kragujevac
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