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Palestine - Rishon Lezion Medallion - 1882' - The beginning of the settlement, the first aliyah - medal of the Rishon LeZion Jewish settlement. probably made in Russia Obverse: orchard & fields of RLZ; Heb. date of ”5642” (1882) in exergue; leg. upper edge (Yeshayahu, ch. 41): ”The first to Zion here they are, and to Jerusalem a portent I shall give”; on bottom edge, ”Colonia Rishon LeZion”. Reverse: image twin windows: depicting prayers at Western Wall & seed sower; w/Star of David above + leg. ”Who will deliver from Zion the salvation of Israel” (Psalms, 14) & ”If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem, May My Right Hand Forget its Cunning”. Weight: 3.066 g Diameter: 21 mm Copper.