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Palestine - Rishon Lezion Medallion - 1882' - The beginning of the settlement, the first aliyah - PCGS MS 62
medal of the Rishon LeZion Jewish settlement.
probably made in Russia, here we preset the large type (28.5 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".