A one-sided headscarf. The top and bottom parts end with a selvage, while the sides are not finished and the following words are printed along the edges: “Movimento Brasileiro dos Partidários da Paz Congresso dos Povos pela Paz – Viena 1952”. At the top of the headscarf there is a white Dove of Peace painted against the background of blue mountains. The Dove has a red ribbon in its beak saying, “Congresso dos Povos pela Paz – Viena, 1952” (The Brazilian movement of the Supporters of Peace. The Congress of the Supporters of Peace – Vienna, 1952)
“Scarf of Peace”
Brazil ,
December 1952
МЗСБ КП 4517 В 968
66 х 72,5 cm
silk, weaving, printing on fabric
A gift from the Brazilian delegation to the participants of the Congress of Peoples for Peace in Vienna.
See also
Figurine “Girl with a Crane”. Model of the monument “Children’s Monument to Peace” in Hiroshima.
Japan ,
1966
Figurine “Girl with a Crane”. Model of the monument “Children’s Monument to Peace” in Hiroshima.
Figurine "Girl with a Crane". Model of the monument "Children's Monument to Peace" in Hiroshima. A gift from the delegation of Hiroshima, 1966
Ridd. Painting “Invincible Stalingrad – the Cemetery of German Fascism.”
Cuba ,
1945
Ridd. Painting “Invincible Stalingrad – the Cemetery of German Fascism.”
The painter depicted the Square of the Fallen Fighters in the last days of the Stalingrad Battle: a Red Army soldier is hoisting a flag on the Red Army House, a column of war prisoners is moving across the square, in the background on the left the ruins of Central Department Store and other buildings can be seen. The painter was inspired by a photo taken by Grigory Kapustyansky, special correspondent of the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. This photo known under the caption “The Victory Flag in Stalingrad on February 3, 1943” was featured in the world’s leading mass media. The picture is fixed on a cardboard passe-partout; the inscription on the lower edge made in the Russian language reads: “Invincible Stalingrad – cemetery of the German fascism”. The inscription to the right reads: “Ridd S”, the inscription below: “Havana / 1945”.
Coupon of the Argentine Alliance Solidarity Movement (Movimiento Argentino de Solidaridad con los Aliados, M.A.S.A.) with the nominal value of 10 peso
Argentina ,
Coupon of the Argentine Alliance Solidarity Movement (Movimiento Argentino de Solidaridad con los Aliados, M.A.S.A.) with the nominal value of 10 peso
The M.A.S.A. movement (Movimiento Argentino de Solidaridad con los Aliados – The Argentinian Movement of Solidarity with Allies) was giving leaflets, booklets, coupons and stamps to raise money for the fighting Soviet Union.