Salimbeni, 130 years of extraordinary daily history adventures : Gifts for Raissa Gorbatcheva and Nancy Reagan.
In 1985 the first historic meeting between Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan took place in Geneva, a very important meeting defined
like the beginning of the end of the Cold War.
For the occasion, the two Premieres were accompanied by their wives, Raïssa Gorbatcheva and Nancy Reagan.
Maria Pia Fanfani, Vice President of the International Red Cross, and wife of Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani, allegedly had a meeting with the two most powerful Premiere Women in the world of that time, for charity also in Geneva in those days.
She ordered Us 2 Sterling Silver evening bags, same model but different colours ,but first We made one, and that is:
One Sterling Silver Evening Bag for three premiere Dame.
For Nancy, more modern, a bag exactly like this was created while for Raissa, sweeter, shades of blue and purple were chosen.
Raissa 
Nancy
