Watch List notes:

Israel. Judaica. American Liberties Medallion presented to Averell Harriman by the American Jewish Committee, May 15, 1969. Harriman was the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1943 to 1946, and to the United Kingdom for a short while in 1946; the Secretary of Commerce from 1946 to 1948; the governor of New York, 1955 to 1959; Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs from 1961 to 1963; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, 1963 to 1965; the chief American negotiator at the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty discussions in Moscow, 1963, and the Vietnam peace negotiations in Paris, 1968 and 1969; and an adviser to Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson. Edge of medal engraved: Medallic Art Company, Sterling Silver; 75mm, over 6 troy ozt. EF+. Estimated Value $250 - 500
Oppenheim Collection.