Description: UP FOR SALE IS ONE VINTAGE "PETERHOF GRAND PALACE "SAMSON AND THE LION" FOUNTAIN LAPEL PIN... "PETERHOF GRAND PALACE" WAS BUILT IN 1709 WITH MANY ADDITIONS TO THE ORIGINAL BUILD... THE CENTERPIECE OF THE GRAND CASCADE WITHIN THE PALACE IS THE SAMSON FOUNTAIN... THE SCULPTURE WITHIN THE FOUNTAIN DEPICTS SAMSON TEARING APART THE JAWS OF A LION...IT WAS BASED ON THE BIBLICAL STORY... PETERHOF GRAND PALACE IS LOCATED IN ST. PETERSBURG RUSSIA... THE FOUNTAIN ITSELF WAS INSTALLED IN HONOR OF THE BATTLE OF POLTAVA...THE SWEDISH TROOPS WERE ROUTED ON THE 27TH OF JUNE 1709 ON THE REMEMBRANCE DAY OF SAINT SAMPSONIUS THE HOSPITABLE, WHO WAS REGARDED AS THE PATRON OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY... THE SCULPTURE WITHIN THE FOUNTAIN WAS DESIGNED BY B.C. RASTRELLI IN 1735 AND HAS BEEN REFURBISHED MANY TIMES SINCE IT'S INITIAL INSTALLATION... THE LATEST SAMSON WAS INSTALLED ON THE PEDESTAL IN 1947 HAVING BECOME A SYMBOL OF VICTORY OVER THE ENEMY... "PETERHOF GRAND PALACE" IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE RUSSIAN "VERSAILLES"...IT'S INSPIRATION WAS TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL VERSAILLES LOCATED IN FRANCE... THIS PIN IS 1" TALL...AND 9/16" WIDE... THIS PIN HAS BEEN RICHLY ENAMELED IN GREEN AND GOLD... A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO YOUR HISTORICAL COLLECTION...
Price: 9.99 USD
Location: Chandler, Arizona
End Time: 2023-12-27T22:09:33.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Politician: CCCP
Type: Pin
Party: Communist Party
Signed: No
Country: U.S.S.R.
Material: METAL
Country/Region of Manufacture: Russian Federation
Country/Region: Russia
Modified Item: No
