IDF Golani Infantry Brigade 20 Year Commemoration Medal

1968

caption:
Obverse depicts sword intertwined with flame above overturned helmet, with legend "To Golani fighters, to comrades who fell, to the first and to the successors"

  • IDF Golani Infantry Brigade 20 Year Commemoration Medal
  • IDF Golani Infantry Brigade 20 Year Commemoration Medal

Identifer: CJF-RFC2015316

Medium
Silver

Collection
Israel Defense Forces

Description
The 1st Golani Brigade (and the 2nd Carmeli Brigade) was formed in February 1948 from one of the original 4 permanent standing brigades created in 1947, the Levanoni Brigade (the "Northern Brigade") which was assigned all of the northern sector of Israel. Golani was assigned the north-eastern sector and fought against the armies of Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.
 

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