The Sadat Visit to Israel Eyewitness Medal
1977
caption:
The front / obverse has a picture of Sadat and Begin shaking hands in front of Sadat’s airplane right after it landed in Israel. This is based on the photograph illustrated in Picture 1. Behind Sadat are various Egyptian officials who joined him on his journey to Israel. Behind Begin is Israeli President Ephraim Katzir. It has been said that Golda Meir was one of the Israeli officials who joined Begin in meeting Sadat at the airport. When introduced to Sadat, she is rumored to have asked him why he elected to make peace with Israel. His response was that he learned to love the children of Egypt more than he hated the children of Israel.
Identifer: CJF-RFC2013227
Medium
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Topics
Commemorating Peace Between Israel and Egypt
Description
This medal was issued by the Franklin Mint in 1977 in sterling silver (39mm - mintage unknown), in 24kt gold electroplating on sterling silver (39mm - mintage unknown) and in Platinum (10 mm - Listed on Certificate of Authenticity as struck in “Limited Edition”, although no specific mintage known. The Mint referred to the Platinum medal as a “Mini-Coin”) . The medal is named “The Sadat Visit to Israel Eyewitness Medal”. It was issued as part of the Franklin Mint’s Eyewitness Series and was originally in a plastic case (93mm by 68 mm).
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