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State Medal - Olympic Games, Seoul 1988
| Location | Israel |
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| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse description | The emblem of the Israel Olympic Committee in high relief at center, depicting a menorah surmounted by the five Olympic rings with a torch flame at its base. The bilingual legend in Hebrew and Latin script arcs around the periphery, identifying Israel and the XXIV Olympiad in Seoul 1988. |
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| Obverse script | Hebrew/Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central field depicts a map of the Korean peninsula divided into North and South Korea, with an oval athletic track overlaid at the center, symbolically uniting the two regions through sport. Six pictograms of Olympic sporting disciplines appear in relief around the map, and a bilingual biblical verse from Nahum 2:2 in Hebrew and English runs along the periphery. |
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