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
Memorial to the guerrillas of Ain and the Resistance of Cerdon
France ,
1973
Memorial to the guerrillas of Ain and the Resistance of Cerdon
Memorial to the guerrillas of Ain and the Resistance of Cerdon (Mémorial des maquis de l'Ain et de la Résistance de Cerdon). Model. A gift from Cerdon commune to the 30th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad, 1973.
Department of Ain, Cerdon commune
Poncho
Argentina ,
June 1953
Poncho
A gift from the delegation of Argentinean doctors who visited Stalingrad in June 1953. A peculiar coat made of two pieces of hand-made wool fabric sewed together with a head hole left. The neckline is decorated with embroidery in the centre of the front part as well as in the back. On the right and on the left the poncho is covered with decorative vertical brown stripes. The sides and the flaps have a fringe trim. The traditional outer garment of Aymara men, Mapuche and Quechua people, etc. is now worn by farmers and craftsmen of Latin America.
