Identifer: CJF-RFC2013026

Medium
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Collection
Holocaust Medals, Plaques, Tokens & Pins

Description
This medal was designed by Elizabeth Nealson Weinstrop of California.  Commissioned by Maurice Frankenhuis.  Issued in 1967 in Bronze with 500 issued (78mm diameter) by the Medallic Art Co. N.Y.
 
History:           This medal is listed in Hafner, Sylvia, (1978) Judaic Tokens and Medals, American Israel Numismatic Association, Inc.,  See medal HO – 2, pages 80 & 85. See Hafner HO-2.  A similar medal exists without the text on the back.  The WWI section of the Frankenhuis Collection has been donated to the Kadman Numismatic Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel.  The WWII section of the Frankenhuis Collection has been donated to the Yad Vashem Institute in Jerusalem, Israel.