Medal Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
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The obverse of the medal has, in the left field, the figure of Mordechai Anielewicz with clenched fists and a grenade in his right hand. This figure is based on the Rappaport statue illustrated in Figure 3 above. In the background is a crumbling wall of the Ghetto representing the ruins of the House of Israel. Curved around the right rim is the inscription in Hebrew and in English: “The Ghetto Uprisings – 20th Anniversary, 1943-1963”.
Identifer: CJF-RFC2015062
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Description
This medal was issued by the Israel Government Coins and Medals Corporation, Ltd. in 1963 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Ghetto Uprising. It was designed by Moshe Zippar and engraved by Kretschmer. It was issued in bronze, tombac and silver and is 59 mm in diameter. The bronze version was issued with several different variations. The bronze medals were minted by the Kretschmer Mint and the Zechovoy Mint. The tombac medals were minted by the Kretschmer Mint and the Hecht Mint. The silver medals were minted by the Kretschmer Mint, the Zechovoy Mint and the Hecht Mint.
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