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State Medal - Happiness
| Location | Israel |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Period | State of Israel (1948-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a hand-coloured enamel depiction of a blooming flower, rendered after a drawing by artist Chaim Gross, with petals in shades of blue and pink and teal-green foliage in relief. The Hebrew legend "אושר" (Happiness) appears in raised relief along the upper portion of the field. |
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| Obverse script | Hebrew |
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| Reverse description | The field depicts in bold sculptural relief a group of joyful dancing figures — two adults and three children — based on Chaim Gross's sculpture "Happy Children". The legend "HAPPY CHILDREN" curves along the circumference on both sides of the composition, and the artist's name "CHAIM GROSS" appears in the lower exergue. |
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