State Medal - Liberation

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LocationIsrael
Year1961
TypeCommemorative medal
CompositionSilver (.935)
Weight30 g
Diameter35 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgeThe State emblem and the words `State of Israel` in Hebrew and English.
Period
NoticeGerd Rothschild, Zeev Lipman
Reference(s) ICMC#25000350
Obverse descriptionIn the center - symbol of Israel`s liberation`. A farmer planting a tree, a gleeful woman holding her child aloft, a seven branched palm tree bearing two clusters of fruit. Around the rim, the Hebrew inscription `A decade of Israel`s Liberation 571 (1948) and in Latin `Israel Liberation`.
Obverse lettering ISRAEL LIBERATA עשור לחרות ישראל תשי`ח
(Translation: Israel Liberation A Decade of Israel`s Liberation 5718(1948))
Obverse scriptHebrew, Latin
Reverse descriptionA duplicate of a Roman coin struck on the occasion of the conquest of Jerusalem by Vespasian in the year 70 C.E. On the left, Vespasian the victor; on the right a mourning Hebrew woman sitting under a palm tree, the symbol of Judea. The edge of the Roman coin bears the Latin inscription `Judea Capta`, Judea captured, below, the letters S.C. standing for `Senatus Consultum`, by order of the Senate. Around the rim of the medallion, a chain, the symbol of captivity, and a Hebrew inscription `Judea in Exile 3830 (70 C.E.).
Reverse letteringIVDAEA CAPTA S C גלתה יהודה תת`ל
(Translation: Judea Captured S.C. Judea in Exile 3830 (70 C.E.))
Reverse scriptHebrew, Latin
EngraverMoshe Hecht, Tel Aviv,Israel
Zechovoy (צחובוי תעשיית מדליות
וסמלים), Holon, Israel
Mintage5721 (1961)  - - 4 778
Catalog ID7556090400
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