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”.
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.
See also
Plaque with a bas-relief of the sculptural group Fritz Cremer in the Buchenwald memorial
GDR ,
14.05.1966
Plaque with a bas-relief of the sculptural group Fritz Cremer in the Buchenwald memorial
A gift from veterans of the working and communist movement of the GDR to the Tsaritsyn - Stalingrad Museum of Defense, Meissen.
Norwegian female doll from Hallingdal district in a traditional costume
Norway ,
August 1955
Norwegian female doll from Hallingdal district in a traditional costume
A gift from the Norwegian women delegation visiting Stalingrad in August 1955. The labels with the logo “Vare-Merke” are attached to the box.