A round tabletop with a built-in chess board; the inscriptions with raised letters along the four sides of the chess board read: “1941 – 1945 / With Gratitude / Luxembourg / To Stalingrad”. Two emblems of the Soviet Union and two emblems of Luxemburg are fixed to the edges of the tabletop which is coated with tempered glass “Jemeppe / securit / Belgium”. The brim and the emblems feature stamped name of the blacksmith “Calmus” and initials of Grand Duchess of Luxembourg Charlotte. The legs of the table are beautifully shaped. Emil Moss, the former teacher and author of the project paid a visit to Stalingrad on April 08, 1982, bringing 8 of his design sketches.
Chess table
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Music box. It reproduces the melody “Life in pink”
France ,
May 1954
Music box. It reproduces the melody “Life in pink”
Подарок делегации Общества "Франция – СССР", посетившей Сталинград в мае 1954 г. Франция – Швейцария.
Dodeur Jean-Marie
France ,
Dodeur Jean-Marie
Dodeur Jean-Marie. Souvenir stamp.
Department of Côte d'Or, Dijon
Plaketa “Prague – the mother of cities”
Czechoslovakia ,
Plaketa “Prague – the mother of cities”
Plaketa "Prague - the mother of cities" (Praha matka měst). In the lower right corner, there is the author’s mark: "J. Kulhánek".
A gift from Adolf Svoboda, primator of Prague, to the Chairman of the Stalingrad City Executive Committee Shapurov S.I. on the 10th anniversary of the liberation of Prague by the Red Army, 1955.
Prague