Lot no. 324
ELECTRIC TRAIN PRESENTED BY NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV TO GENERAL DE GAULLE'S GRANDCHILDREN Soviet manufacture Comprising: two locomotives, two passenger carriages and two goods carriages, a station, a bridge, a level crossing, a stationmaster, a station, three street lamps and three signal lights, a set of rails, a transformer. Approximate dimensions: 270 x 147 cm Instructions for use annotated in Cyrillic are included. Commentary: The First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, was received in France by General de Gaulle from 23 March to 3 April 1960. Provenance : - Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) - Then Admiral Philippe de Gaulle (1921-2024) - Then descendants
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