The Gorbachev Peace egg is a gold and enamel egg made by the Victor Mayer company in the style of a Fabergé egg. In 1991, Herbert Mohr-Mayer gave the egg to Mikhail Gorbachev, president of the former Soviet Union.

It was given as a tribute to the way in which Gorbachev had succeeded in reducing tensions between East and West.[1] Gorbachev subsequently donated this egg as an Easter present to the Kremlin Museum in Moscow.

The egg is made of 18 karat yellow gold and covered with transparent green vitreous enamel. The upper half of the egg opens up to reveal a golden dove.

References

  1. ↑ "Modern Faberge Eggs Join Originals in Russia". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-12-14.


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