THIS STATUE CELEBRATES THE LIFE OF PRINCE OBOLENSKY.

NICKNAMED ‘THE FLYING PRINCE’ AND HAILED AS THE JONNY WILKINSON OF HIS DAY, OBOLENSKY SCORED A FAMOUS TRY IN ENGLAND’S FIRST  VICTORY OVER THE NEW ZEALAND ALL BLACKS AT TWICKENHAM IN 1936. THE RUSSIAN EMIGRE BECAME A BRITISH CITIZEN AND SCORED TWO TRIES IN THE VICTORY, WHICH WAS HIS INTERNATIONAL DEBUT AGED 19.

HE LATER JOINED THE RAF  AT THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR TWO AND DIED WHEN HIS HURRICANE FIGHTER PLANE CRASHED AT MARTLESHAM HEATH IN SUFFOLK .

THE BRONZE TORSO IS MOUNTED ON A PORTLAND STONE BASE AND SITED IN CROMWELL SQUARE IPSWICH.

THE BRONZE STUDY FOR THE STATUE IS A FULL RUNNING FIGURE WHICH IS EXHIBITED AT THE WORLD MUSEUM  AT THE TWICKENHAM STADIUM. THIS IS AVAILABLE AS LIMITED EDITION.