Award Medal - B'nai B'rith Convention in Jerusalem
Features
| Location |
Israel
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Israel Government Coins and medals Corp. |
| Period |
State of Israel (1948-date)
|
| Type | Award medals |
| Year | 1961 |
| Composition | Silver (.935) |
| Weight | 30 g |
| Diameter | 35 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Issued | 1961 |
| Number | N# 537993 |
| References | ICMC# 25002352 Israel Coins and Medals Corporation (https://israelmint.com) |
Commemorative issue
B'nai B'rith Convention in Jerusalem
Series: Memorials & Commemorative
Obverse
Top - a seven-branch candelabra.
Beneath the candelabra, in the centre, the legend: "World Convention of B'nai B'rith" and the date "17-21 lyar 5719" and in English "May 25-29, 1959". Around the rim in English: "B'nai B'rith Convention".
Scripts: Hebrew, Latin
Lettering:
בני ברית כנס עולמי
י"ז-כ"א באייר תשי"ט
May 25-29, 1959
B'nai B'rith Convention
Engraver: Kretschmer (קריצ'מר)
Designer: Zvi Narkiss
Reverse
On medal number one.
Above: The emblem of the 10th State Jubilee made up of the word: "Israel". The number 10 and a menorah. Beneath, the legend: "Ten years of Israel Independence 5718-5719". Around the rim the words, in English "Israel's Tenth Anniversary Year - Israel 1958-1959".
Scripts: Hebrew, Latin
Lettering:
10
ישראל
1958 1959
עשור
עצמאות
ישראל
תשי"ח-תשי"ט
ISRAEL'S TENTH ANNIVERSARY YEAR
Engraver: Kretschmer (קריצ'מר)
Designer: Zvi Narkiss
Edge
The State emblem and the words "State of Israel" in Hebrew and English. The silver medals have "Silver 935" in Hebrew, and "Sterling" in English.
Scripts: Hebrew, Latin
Lettering: State of Israel מדינת ישראל Silver 935 כסף
Mints
| Moshe Hecht, Tel Aviv, Israel | |
| Zechovoy (צחובוי תעשיית מדליות וסמלים), Holon, Israel |
Comments
The World Jewish Order of B'nai B'rith was founded in the United States in 1843. The main aims being as follows:
"To unite the Jewish people in its sacred work of the loftiest and the holiest matters relating to Israel and its land", "To implant freedom in the hearts of our people so that it may cherish our honor above all else and to love our people with its soul", "To fulfill the needs of the poor and the destitute", These in addition to a large number of national and humanitarian activities, comprise the B'nai B'rith credo.
The B'nai B'rith emblem is a candelabra, each branch thereof representing one of its fundamental beliefs -light, justice, peace, charity, love of life, unity and truth.
2 versions of reverse exists:
Reverse 1
On medal number one.
Above: The emblem of the 10th State Jubilee made up of the word: "Israel". The number 10 and a menorah. Beneath, the legend: "Ten years of Israel Independence 5718-5719". Around the rim the words, in English "Israel's Tenth Anniversary Year - Israel 1958-1959".
Reverse 2
Dedication in English. (Awarded exclusively to delegates.) Above: The jubilee emblem made up of the word "Israel" the number 10 and a Menorah.
Beneath the emblem, a dedication in English: "Presented by the Government of Israel, Tenth Anniversary Committee, to (space for name), delegate to the B'nai B'rith Convention Jerusalem, May 25-29, 1959".
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1961 | 2 208 | ||||||||||||||
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Actual silver weight: 0.902 oz
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