Plaque with a portrait of Karl Marx.
FRG ,
October 1963
МЗСБ КП 8557/1
24,7 х 18,5 х 3,5 cm
wood, metal, stamping, notching, grinding, varnishing
Present of the delegation of the Communist Party of Germany to the Tsaritsyn - Stalingrad Museum of Defense, October 1963, Rheinland-Pfalz land. A handmade portrait of Karl Marx by one of the members of the delegation; the portrait took more than 200 hours to make. The plate under the portrait reads: “Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands / Rheinland-Pfalz / 1963”
See also
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Israel ,
August 1954
Miniature hanging dish
A gift from the delegation of the Women's Anti-Fascist Committee of the State of Israel who visited Stalingrad in August 1954.
Snuffbox with a lid
Iraq ,
15.11.1958
Snuffbox with a lid
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Statuette of the goddess Athena
Greece ,
1997
Statuette of the goddess Athena
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