Mordechai Maklef

Bronze Tombac, 59.0 mm, 17 gr

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11853590
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Issuing Year 2009
Material Bronze
Fineness Tombac
Weight 98 gr
Diameter 59.0 mm
Max Mintage 1000
Design Igal Gabay

Chief of Staff Mordechai Maklef
Official Medal 2009/5770
Eleventh in the IDF Chiefs of Staff Series


Mordechai Maklef was born in Israel in 1920 and was active in the Haganah while still a pupil at the Reali School in Haifa.
At age 19, he joined Orde Wingate's special night squads. When When World War II broke out, he volunteered for the British army and fought as commander of the Second Regiment in the North African and Italian campaigns and was released from the army with rank of major. Maklef helped in rescue operations and in acquiring arms within the framework of Aliyah Bet.
At the outbreak of the War of Independence, he was appointed brigade commander. At the end of the War Maklef, then Lieutenant Colonel, Head of the Northern Command, stood at the head of an Israeli delegation in talks with Lebanon and Syria.
On April 1, 1949, he was appointed Head of one of the General Command Departments. In November 1949, Yigal Yadin, Israel's second Chief of Staff, appointed him as his Deputy and Head of the Operations Division.
On December 7, 1952, he was appointed Chief of Staff, aged only 32. He accepted this position for one year only.
In the course of 1952 and at the beginning of 1953, infiltrations and attacks from Jordan and Egypt increased and retaliations by the regular IDF units failed. It was then that Maklef established Unit 101 under the command of Ariel Sharon. After his resignation on December 6, 1953, he fulfilled several principal roles in the Israeli economy.
He passed away in 1978.

Obverse:
Portrait of Lieutenant General Mordechai Maklef

Reverse:
Inscription in the center “Chiefs of Staff of the Israel Defense Force" in English and Hebrew,
above the emblem of the Israel Defense Force, to the right, emblem of the Chief of Staff

Edge:
Smooth

Designer:
Igal Gabay

Engraving: Slovakia
Minting: Gold - ICMC Mint, Israel, Silver and Bronze - Slovakia

Issue Name: IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant Gen. Mordechai Maklef

Series Name: IDF Chiefs of Staff


Catalog SKU Condition Diameter Issue Price Issuing Year Material Quantity Weight
31853310 30.5 mm 3303 NIS 2009 Gold 585 60 17 gr
21853500 50.0 mm 484 NIS 2009 Silver 925 360 62 g
11853590 59.0 mm 252 NIS 2009 Bronze Tombac 1000 98 gr