In January 1943, Emily Smith, the mayor of Coventry, 830 other women and several men wrote their names on a tablecloth. Each of them made a contribution of six pence for a signature to the Medical Aid to Stalingrad Fund. Over the next two years, May Adams, a resident of Coventry, embroidered these names on a tablecloth. Enid Trent (Meyel), an honorary secretary of Coventry Committee of English-Soviet Unity in 1941-1949 responsible for organization of numerous events, wrote, “To make a tablecloth for Stalingrad was the idea of Ms. May Adams, who was a representative of the English-Soviet Unity Committee from the women's guild of the Lockhorst Lane cooperative ... She began embroidering on the tablecloth in February 1943, when Stalingrad was released and took every opportunity to ask people to put their signatures on the tablecloth and make a monetary contribution to the Medical Aid to Soviet Union Fund”. The tablecloth was officially handed to the representatives of Stalingrad on March 31, 1947.
Tablecloth. A gift from women of English-Soviet committee of Coventry
The United Kingdom ,
1943
МЗСБ КП 3605 П 847
160 х 160 cm
linen, thread, weaving, embroidery
Tablecloth with 830 names of English women embroidered on it, who worked at the Coventry weaving factory and were active members of the English-Soviet Unity Committee who participated in raising funds for medical aid to Stalingrad. West Midlands country, Coventry
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Double-sided napkin. . A gift from women of the English-Soviet Committee of Dover
The United Kingdom ,
23.05.1944
Double-sided napkin. . A gift from women of the English-Soviet Committee of Dover
A double-sided linen napkin. On one side there is an inscription in English that reads: “People with people, lands with lands will live freely together as comrades”. On the other side the inscription reads: “A token of friendship from Dover, the English front-city, to Stalingrad, the bastion of freedom and peace”. All the corners of the napkin are decorated with the USSR and the UK flags embroidered in circles. It is a crochet border napkin. Kent county, Dover
Medal with the image of the defenders of Port Said (in the case)
Egypt ,
Medal with the image of the defenders of Port Said (in the case)
The medal is dedicated to the Suez Crises (it is also called Sinai War, the Second Arab-Israeli war or the tripartite aggression), the international conflict that was on from October 1956 to March 1957 due to the fight for having control over the Suez Canal. The obverse has three armed Egyptians that are repelling the Anglo-Franco-Israeli amphibious attack coming from the sea and the air landing near the city of Port-Said. On the reverse there is a portrait of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the UAR President, painted in profile.
Katori Masahiko. Peace bell.
Japan ,
1985, August
Katori Masahiko. Peace bell.
Katori Masahiko. Peace bell.
Inscription: "Peace bell / Presented to the city of Volgograd from the city of Hiroshima / as a symbol of eternal friendship and peace / August 1985".
A gift from Takeshi Araki, mayor of Hiroshima, to the twin city of Volgograd. Handed over to the delegation led by V.I. Atopov, the chairman of the Volgograd city executive committee.
Toyama prefecture, Takaoka