It is a replica of the monument created by Soviet sculptor, Lev Kerbel. It was officially opened on October 9, 1971 in the city of Karl-Marx-Stadt. On the back of its head there is a pressed TM ‘Meißen’ logo – two crossed swords and an engraving on the gift plaque, saying,”Ehrengeschenk / der Stadt / Karl-Marx-Stadt” (An honorary gift to the city of Karl-Marx-Stadt)
Monument to Karl Marx. Model
GDR ,
September 16-21, 1987
МЗСБ КП 22053
24,5 х 14,8 х 20,1 cm
bisque, granite, metal, casting, grinding, engraving
A gift from the delegation of Karl-Marx-Stadt district during the Friendship Days in Volgograd, September 16-21, 1987. Karl-Marx-Stadt
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Desktop souvenir. Three shells on a stand
Yugoslavia ,
1948
Desktop souvenir. Three shells on a stand
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
Decorative plate
China ,
19.06.1953
Decorative plate
A gift from the delegation of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Society that visited Stalingrad on 19.06.1953. The dessert plate is made with the use of cloisonné technique and is decorated with geometric patterns both in its centre and on its rim. On the base of the plate there are images of semiabstract birds and geometric elements.
