A collection of lines, symbolizing Jews scattered in many countries and different continents, create a Star of David, the eternal symbol of the Jewish people. The word “Hatikva” appears in Hebrew and English on the medal. The Hebrew is composed of letters in the handwriting of David Ben Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, and the English word is in the handwriting of Theodor Herzl, who first envisioned a Jewish state in Eretz Israel. Above the symbol the words “The Jewish soul is yearning” and on the bottom “Jerusalem”.
Obverse lettering
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Hatikva
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JERUSALEM
Obverse script
Reverse description
On the reverse 6 figures dance around the walls of Jerusalem; the opening and closing lines of the anthem “dance” around the outside.
