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Auction 98  6-7 Jun 2017
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Lot 1890

Starting price: 300 USD
Price realized: 190 USD
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Israel. Trio of Silver State Medals: 1958 Valour and 1963 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The Valour medal's obverse depicts the Roaring Lion memorial at Tel Hai in Upper Galilee, commemorating the heroism of Joseph Trumpeldor and his comrades in 1920. The biblical passage "For the builders everyone had his sword girded by his side" (Nehemiah 4:12) symbolizes the necessity for the IDF to be ever vigilant. One of 1,010 made by Emanograph from 59mm, 117gm of .935 silver. made by Emanograph with shiny finish. On the obverse of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising medal is the figure of Mordechai Anilewitz, the Commander of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, on a background of the ruins of the House of Israel. The figure is based on the statue created by Nathan Rappaport, erected at Kibbutz Yad Mordechai. One of 180 minted by Zechovoy from 59mm, 110gm of .935 silver. The obverse of the Israel-Jordan Peace Agreement 50mm, 60gm of .935 silver medal features Israel and Jordan flags with an olive branch on them; Inscribed "PEACE AGREEMENT ISRAEL-JORDAN" in Hebrew and Arabic above and in English below. The reverse design is a Star of David and a crescent joined together with a dove holding olive branch in its beak. Estimate Value $300 - 400
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