From Paris, he arrived at the Museum of the City of Belgrade today model for the monument "Heroic performance of King Alexander the First Karađorđević and King Peter the First Karađorđević", which is located on the square named after the Serbian king, not far from the Triumphal Gate.
The author of the monument, Maksim Real, first made a plaster cast, and that work was bought by the Museum of the City of Belgrade a few months ago after it was discovered in a French antique shop. The exhibit was purchased with the funds of the Museum.
As the director of this Museum, Jelena Medaković, told "Večernji Novosti", they received an offer to include in the collection photos from the opening of the monument on the occasion of the second anniversary of Alexander's death in Marseille on October 9, 1936, and she assessed that it was a valuable addition to that part of their historical collection related to the Karađorđević dynasty, and at the same time to the relations between Serbia and France.
Their intention is to display the model of the monument in an environment that would be similar to the one in which there is a monument in Paris".
The monument consists of seven human figures. The Unifying King takes the central place, he is on a horse and looks at the sky, and behind him are the flags of Yugoslavia and the Legion of Honor. On the left is his father, King the Liberator, handing him the sword, and on the right is the Marshal of France Franche d'Eperre.
On the monument, cast in the Diren workshop, and for which the architectural solution was given by Henri Sajo, Serbian dukes Živojin Mišić and Petar Bojović are represented as historical figures, behind whom are a male and a female figure in national costume.
On the pedestal, on the front side, it says "Kingdom of Serbia and Yugoslavia, Peter the First Liberator and Alexander the First Unifier", and below that - "Homage from Paris and France to their great friends".
On the side is a quote from the telegram that Alexander, as regent, sent to French President Poincaré in 1915: "Serbia is gone, but its army is preserved, we are ready to continue the fight on French soil." On the monument are the words, which are believed to be the last words uttered by King Alexander: "Keep Yugoslavia!" Protect Franco-Yugoslav friendship!"