Medal - In Memory of the Concentration and Death Camps
Medal - In Memory of the Concentration and Death Camps
€177,384.00
Location
Israel
Year
1992
Type
› Tokens
Composition
Gold (.750)
Weight
15 g
Diameter
30 mm
Thickness
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Edge
State emblem with the words `STATE OF ISRAEL` in Hebrew on the right and in English on the left and serial number. Gold medal - `G-750` in Hebrew and English.
Images of six children at Auschwitz, symbolizing the 6 million victims. Around the circumference, the words `in memory of the concentration and death camps 1942-1992` in Hebrew above and in English below.
Obverse lettering
in
memory of the concentration and death camps 1942-1992
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
An electrified barbed wire fence, a watch tower against a background of shacks and rising smoke. The names of the six death camps: `TREBLINKA, CHELMNO, AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU, MAIDANEK, SOBIBOR, BELZEC` in Hebrew and Latin letters.
