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Palestine - Rishon Lezion Medallion - 1882' - PCGS AU 55 - The beginning of the settlement, the first aliyah
medal of the Rishon LeZion Jewish settlement.
probably made in Russia, here we preset the small type (22.5 m"m). made from copper.
Obverse: orchard & fields of RLZ; Heb. date of "5642" (1882) in exergue; leg. upper edge (Yeshayahu, ch. 41): "The first to Zion here they are, and to Jerusalem a portent I shall give"; on bottom edge, "Colonia Rishon LeZion".
Reverse: image twin windows: depicting prayers at Western Wall & seed sower; w/Star of David above + leg. "Who will deliver from Zion the salvation of Israel" (Psalms, 14) & "If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem, May My Right Hand Forget its Cunning".