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Israel. A Medal of Valour

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Israel. A Medal of Valour

Itur HaGvura. Instituted in 1970. Silver with artificial patination, un-numbered, illustrating the Star of David with a sword and olive branch decorating the left side, measuring 37.5 mm (w) x 45.5 mm (h), the medal affixed to a yellow ribbon via a nut and bolt combination, the yellow ribbon suspended from a hanger with pinback (the yellow a reference to the yellow star that Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust), extremely fine.

Footnote: The Medal of Valour is the highest Israeli military decoration and was designed by Dan Reisinger. It was established in 1970 by the Knesset in an act of law, as a replacement for the Hero of Israel military decoration that was awarded during the 1947-1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Awards of the medal were also made for actions prior to 1970, and all recipients of the Hero of Israel automatically received the Medal of Valour as well. Recipients of the medal receive several privileges such as a tax reduction and invitations to official state ceremonies. To this day, forty medals have been awarded: twelve for actions in the War of Independence (Hero of Israel recipients automatically awarded the Medal of Valour), four for the Sinai War, twelve for the Six-Day War, one for the War of Attrition, eight for the Yom Kippur War and three others awarded on other occasions.