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LOT 259:
Beitar Tel-Aviv Sailing to Beirut / Horse Race in Tel-Aviv
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Sold for: $650
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Beitar Tel-Aviv Sailing to Beirut / Horse Race in Tel-Aviv
1. Medal struck on the occasion of the sailing of Beitar's marine company from Tel-Aviv to Beirut, Lebanon, 1931.
Obverse: boat with a flag with a Star of David on it, inscribed "Tel-Aviv – Beirut-Tel-Aviv 1931" (Hebrew). Reverse: Hatzofim (Scouts) Emblem (added engraving, not part of original minting). This sail, by seven of the Beitar marine company members, took place in May 1931, and was the first significant sail of a Jewish sailboat abroad. See more in: “Sefer Beitar”: history and origins". Committee for publication of Beitar books, Jerusalem-Tel-Aviv, 1969. Vol. 1, p.362.
Diameter: 28 mm. Loop for hanging.
Attached is an additional copy of this medal (possibly a sample minting).
2. Medal struck on the occasion of a horse race in Tel-Aviv, 1932. Obverse: head of a horse inscribed: "Horse Race" (Hebrew), surrounded by "Township of Tel-Aviv". Reverse: engraved inscription: Purim 1932".
Diameter: 32 mm. Loop and ribbon.
Objects – Judaica & Israeliana
