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Israel - A pair of Zeev Jabotinsky medals, the jubilee of the Hebrew regiments 1967 - silver 999, approx. 99.5g, 59mm and a bronze medal
Zev (Vladimir) Yevgenevich Zhabotinsky (Yiddish spelling: Zhabotinsky; Russian spelling: Влади́мир (Зеев) Евге́ньевич Жаботи́нский ) (12th of the year 1880, October 17, 1880, Odessa, Russian Empire – 29 of Tammuz 1989 , August 3, 1940, Hunter, New York) was a Zionist leader, writer, poet, journalist, translator, publicist and famous speaker; From the innovators of the Hebrew military (nickname: the first soldier for Judah) and the founders of the Hebrew regiment within the British army in the First World War and a self-defense unit of the Jews of Odessa; founder of revisionist Zionism; Head of Beitar, commander of the IDF and president of the Israel Defense Forces; one of the prominent liberal Jewish thinkers in modern times.