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Medal - Jewish Resettlement Tercentenary bronze
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1956 |
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| Diameter | 38 mm |
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| Obverse description | Two conjoined beaded oval roundels containing facing busts of Oliver Cromwell (left) and Menasseh ben Israel (right), with a small oval cartouche at the top centre depicting a tent or tabernacle scene. A seven-branched menorah in high relief occupies the lower centre field, flanked by laurel branches, with a ribbon scroll legend below the roundels naming both figures. The engraver's signature P. VINCZE appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A semi-draped female allegorical figure seated left, unrolling a scroll inscribed with the dates 1656 and 1956 separated by a Star of David, while resting her right hand on a stone tablet bearing a Hebrew inscription. The circular legend around the field reads the resettlement of the Jews in Great Britain, 300th Anniversary, with the engraver's signature P. VINCZE in the lower exergue. |
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