Medal Commemorating Anwar El-Sadat’s Visit to Jerusalem
1977
caption:
The front / obverse has in its center field raised images of Sadat and Begin shaking hands in front of the flags of Egypt and Israel. The picture appears to be based on the first handshake Begin and Sadat shared on the tarmac of Ben Gurion Airport upon Sadat’s landing in Tel Aviv, as illustrated in Picture 1 above. Curved around the right rim is written “JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM / NOV 19-21 1977”.
Identifer: CJF-RFC2013226
Medium
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Topics
Commemorating Peace Between Israel and Egypt
Description
This medal was issued by the Judaic Heritage Society in Bronze (39mm - mintage unknown) and Silver (39mm - mintage unknown). Each medal is individually numbered on the edge (the bronze example shown above is numbered 0577). It was struck by the Metal Arts Company, located in Rochester, New York.
Stamped on the edge of the silver medal is, “THE METAL ARTS CO. ROCH. NY. .999 FINE SILVER JHS 997 / © J.H.S.” Stamped on the edge of the bronze medal is, “ENDURART NY CT / JUDAIC HERITAGE SOCIETY”.
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