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Medal - Jewish People's History S. Schechter
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Weight | 24.2 g |
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| Obverse description | Three-quarter figure of a bearded elderly scholar seated and facing slightly left, holding an ancient manuscript fragment in his left hand, with an inkwell and books at lower right. The field background is filled with a detailed relief depiction of ancient manuscript pages covered in Hebrew or Aramaic script, evoking the Cairo Genizah documents. The engraver's initials appear in the lower center of the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | S. SCHECHTER RABBINIC SCHOLAR. RECOVERED HISTORIC MANUSCRIPT TREASURE FROM CAIRO GENIZAH. AMERICAN FOUNDER OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM. BORN IN RUMANIA 1847-1915 |
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