Medal Commemorating the 1973 Yom Kippur War and the Military Assistance Provided to Israel by the USA
1973
caption:
Reverse: A depiction of the Israeli flag and the IDF emblem (olive branch intertwined with sword) against backdrop of American flag, with legend in Hebrew "War of Judgement Day 5734" and legend along edge in English "U.S. Help in Judgement-Day War 1973";
Identifer: CJF-RFC2013048
Medium
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Collection
Israel Defense Forces
Description
This medal was designed by A. Sendik, produced by the Shekel medal company, and was struck in bronze (59 mm), silver (35 mm) and gold.
Ironically American weapons assistance was necessary and provided during the war, even though the then US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, warned Israel before the war that if Israel struck her enemies pre-emptively she would not receive "so much as a nail" in assistance from the Americans.
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