Medal Commemorating 30th Anniversary of First Immigrant Blockade Runners

Yitzhak Pugacz (obverse) and Dodo Shenhav (reverse)

Obverse: deep incuse depiction of Mediterranean and Black Sea with routes of blockade runners converging on the Israeli coast.  Reverse: enlarged barbed wire fence above relief outline of Palestine coast with blockade runner bursting through, full of immigrants towards beach where welcoming group awaits.

Name: Medal Commemorating 30th Anniversary of First Immigrant Blockade Runners
Artist: Yitzhak Pugacz (obverse) and Dodo Shenhav (reverse)
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Origin: Israel, 1964
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 2 3/8 in.
Credit: Gift of Ilona Rayna from the Maurice Spertus Collection
Catalog Number: 69.1.633