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LOT 194:
Liberation - State Medal - 1958
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Liberation - State Medal - 1958
Liberation - State Medal - 1958
Obverse - In the center - symbol of Israel's liberation". A farmer planting a tree, a gleeful woman holding her child aloft, a seven branched palm tree bearing two clusters of fruit. Around the rim, the Hebrew inscription "A decade of Israel's Liberation (1948) and in Latin "Israel Liberation".
Reverse - A duplicate of a Roman coin struck on the occasion of the conquest of Jerusalem by Vespasian in the year 70 C.E. On the left, Vespasian the victor; on the right a mourning Hebrew woman sitting under a palm tree, the symbol of Judea. The edge of the Roman coin bears the Latin inscription "Judea Capta", Judea captured, below, the letters S.C. standing for "Senatus Consultum", by order of the Senate. Around the rim of the medallion, a chain, the symbol of captivity, and a Hebrew inscription "Judea in Exile 3830 (70 C.E.).
Edge - smooth.
Diameter - 61 mm.
Given inside an original wooden box.
Good condition.
