A plaque with the coat of arms of the city of Coventry is made of a minted metal sheet fixed to a wood backing. The coat of arms is decorated with an image of a lioness and an elephant framed by leaves; the inscription below reads: “Camera Princlpis”. “Coventry – Stalingrad / in Friendship”. The inscription is made right under the coat of arms.
Plaque with the coat of arms of Coventry
The United Kingdom ,
05.11.1954
МЗСБ КП 5339 П 64
47,3 х 34,5 х 4 cm
wood, metal, milling, grinding, chasing, assemblycase
The gift plate, mounted under the coat of arms, has an engraved inscription: "Coventry - Stalingrad / in Friendship."
Presented by the delegation of the Coventry Municipal Council at the meeting of the Stalingrad City Executive Committee dedicated to development of an appeal to the UN on prohibition of atomic and hydrogen weapons, 05.11.1954
West Midlands county, Coventry
See also
Figurine of the wild ox
Italy ,
July 1961
Figurine of the wild ox
A gift from the city of Turin to the delegation of Stalingrad, Piedmont region, Turin. The animal is depicted enraged. The bull symbolizes a strong city, ready to defend its borders. A Golden bull with silver horns on an escutcheon of azure colour is an integral part of the coat of arms of Turin. On the base of the statue there is a plate with the coat of arms of Turin and an inscription that reads: “Alla città di Stalingrado / la città di Torino / giugno 1961” (To the city of Stalingrad – Turin, June 1961)
Filigree box of Czechoslovak-Soviet friendship
Czechoslovakia ,
1954
Filigree box of Czechoslovak-Soviet friendship
Filigree box. A note to the box in Czech [translation]: "To the city council of Stalingrad during the month of Czechoslovak-Soviet friendship. Made by “Svetom” society, Veľké Rovné, Bytča region, Czechoslovakia, November 1954."
Stack of coins that melted during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945
Japan ,
August, 1964
Stack of coins that melted during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945
Stack of coins that melted during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. A gift from the delegation of Hiroshima branch of the Japan-USSR Friendship Society that visited Volgograd in August 1964.