Box – a gift from Lester Pearson, the Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada

Canada , 10.10.1955
МЗСБ КП 5523 О 10
5 x 13.7 x 8.7 cm (closed)
silver, wood, calico, rolling, bending, engraving
A gift from Lester Pearson, the Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada, who visited Stalingrad on 10.10.1955.

The top of the jewel box is decorated with the Arms of Canada, 1921; the bottom left corner is engraved with the ‘U.S.S.R. / 1955’ inscription, while the right corner inscription reads: “from / Lester B. Pearson / Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada”; both sides of the lid are marked with manufacture’s stamps; and the bottom of the box has the following marks: “34/235”, “х 45”.

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