United Jewish Appeal

59.0 mm, 115 g, Silver/935

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25021592
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Issuing Year 1963
Material Silver
Fineness 935
Weight 115 g
Diameter 59.0 mm
Max Mintage 674
Design Yaakov Zim

United Jewish Appeal
Official Award medal, 5723-1963

The United Jewish Appeal is the chief fund raising instrument of the Jewish community in the United States. It combines the fund raising effort of the Joint Distribution Committee as well as that of the Israel United Fund. The combined appeal began its activities in 1939, a time when European Jewry was about to be faced with the Holocaust. Ever since, the Jewish Agency and the State of Israel have united in their historic task of rescuing Jews from the lands of oppression and settling them in Israel.

Obverse: To the left the numeral "25". In the center of the numeral, the U.J.A. emblem together with the words in English "years of rescue and rebuilding". To the right on a raised panel, the State emblem and underneath the English inscription "Presented by the State of Israel for leadership in the United Jewish Appeal". Below, on the right, the date "5723-1963".

Reverse: Above, a schematic drawing of a ship from which new arrivals to Israel are disembarking. In the center, to the left, the verse: "Bring my sons ... and daughters from the end of the earth" (Isaiah 43:6). Around the rim, the English translation (no source).

Edge: The State emblem and the words "State of Israel" in Hebrew and English. The silver medals bear the words "Sterling" in English and "Silver 935" in Hebrew.

Serialization: The silver medals are numerically serialized.

Designer: Jacob Zim.

Engraving: Zechovoy.

Mint: Zechovoy

Issue Name: United Jewish Appeal

Series Name: Memorials & Commemorative


Catalog SKU Condition Diameter Issue Price Issuing Year Material Quantity Weight
25021592 59.0 mm 75 IL 1963 Silver/935 674 115 g
15021590 59.0 mm 12 IL 1963 Bronze Tombac 4796 98 g