Identifer: CJF-RFC2013060

Medium
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Topics
1st Anniversary (1949); Yom HaAtzma'ut (Israeli Independence Day)

Collection
Medals Commemorating The Anniversary Of The Establishment Of Israel

Description
This pendant was made by the Committee for the Israeli Soldier, to commemorate 1949, the first year of the Israeli Independence Day.
 
Yom Ha'atzma'ut (Hebrew: yom ha-a tz-ma ut), Israeli Independence Day, commemorates the declaration of independence of Israel on May 14, 1948.  It falls on the 5th of the Jewish lunar month of Iyar, celebrating the declaration of the state of Israel by David Ben-Gurion in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948, and the end of the British Mandate in Israel.

It is always preceded by Yom Hazikaron, the Israeli national holiday for commemorating Israel’s fallen soldiers, on the 4th of Iyar.

Size: Oval 15 mm X 20 mm without the loop.