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Award Medal - Israel Industry Centenary

Features

Location Israel
Issuing entity Pièces et médailles du gouvernement israélien Corp.
Period State of Israel (1948-date)
Type Commemorative medals
Year 1987
Composition Tombak
Weight 98 g
Diameter 59 mm
Thickness 3.5 mm
Shape Okrągły
Technique Frezowana
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
376177
References ICMC# 15148596
Israel Coins and Medals Corporation (https://israelmint.com)

Commemorative issue

(en) Israel Industry Centenary

Series: Memorials & Commemorative

Obverse

(en) Symbol of the industry centenary, the words "Israel Industry 1887-1987" in Hebrew and English.

Scripts: hebrajski, łaciński

Lettering:
100
לתעשיה
העברית
תרמ"ז-תשמ"ז
israel industry
centenary
1887-1987

Designer: Ruben Nutels

Reverse

(en) A cup representing the different branches of industry in Israel, pouring its contents into a tray, the symbol of the State of Israel. The verse "Labour is wisdom knowledge and skill' (Eccl.2.21) in Hebrew and English.

Scripts: hebrajski, łaciński

Lettering:
אדם שעמלו בחכמה ובדעת ובכשרון
קהלת ב כא
LABOUR IS WISDOM KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL
ECCL 2. 21

Designer: David Ben Hador

Edge

(en) The words "State of Israel" in Hebrew and English. The emblem of the State of Israelץ

Scripts: hebrajski, łaciński

Lettering: STATE OF ISRAEL 🕎 מדינת ישראל BRONZE ארד

Mint

Kretschmer Mint, Jerusalem, Israel

Comments

(en)

The first signs of Jewish industry in the Land of Israel occurred in the latter half of the 19th Century. These were mainly short-lasting trials at starting workshops. The real beginning of industry came with the opening of a factory by Leon Stein, who brought the industrial revolution to Israel. He immigrated into the country in 1887, opened a smithy in Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv, in February 1888 and, at the height of his activity, employed 150 workers. The factory became important for its production of kerosene motor pump filters, which Stein himself invented. This invention saved the Israel's citrus growing industry and greatly advanced it. The story of 100 years of Jewish industry is one of its transformation from merely fulfilling the needs of agriculture, to it becoming the central factor in the Israeli economy. Industry today is, without doubt, the principal means of economic growth. The Manufacturers' Association of Israel marks the Israel Industry Centenary and this is the subject of a new State Medal.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1987  1 125

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