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Israel - Medal "Jerusalem mountains around it" 1970 - Mintage 100 units - Rare
Presented to 1970 AINA tour participants (breakdown between bronze & copper medals unknown).
The medal's obverse depicts a symbolic sketch of Jerusalem atop mountains surrounded by clouds. Amid the clouds the inscription in Hebrew: "Mountains round about Jerusalem". The English translation in the center.
On the reverse appears a replica of the Bar Kochba Jerusalem coin (sela), struck during the second year of the revolt. In the center of the coin are four columns, an arc - a symbol of the Torah, and the letters: "Jerusalem". Around the rim the inscription: Bar-Kochba Coin of Jerusalem 3893 in Hebrew and 133 C.E. in English.
Presented to 1970 AINA tour participants (breakdown between bronze & copper medals unknown).
The medal's obverse depicts a symbolic sketch of Jerusalem atop mountains surrounded by clouds. Amid the clouds the inscription in Hebrew: "Mountains round about Jerusalem". The English translation in the center.
On the reverse appears a replica of the Bar Kochba Jerusalem coin (sela), struck during the second year of the revolt. In the center of the coin are four columns, an arc - a symbol of the Torah, and the letters: "Jerusalem". Around the rim the inscription: Bar-Kochba Coin of Jerusalem 3893 in Hebrew and 133 C.E. in English.