To Father with Love

To Father with Love
State Medal, 5755-1994

The medal "To Father With Love" expresses the love and admiration for fathers which it is not always easy to express in words. These are universal feelings, and are expressed in this medal in universal symbols: a flower and the word "father" in several languages. This medal is the counterpart of the "Best Mom" medal.

Obverse: A flower. On the right, along the circumference, the Hebrew inscription "to father with love".

Reverse: The word "father" in Hebrew, Russian, English, Yiddish, and French. Below, to the left of the inscription, a heart. The medal was issued in two versions as a result of an error in the first in which the Russian word for father was misspelled.

Edge: State emblem with the words "STATE OF ISRAEL in Hebrew on the right and in English on the left and serial number. Bronze/tombac medal - "BRONZE" in Hebrew and English; Silver medal - "SILVER 935" in Hebrew and English; 18 mm. and 12.5 mm. gold medals - milled.

Serialization: Bronze/tombac and silver are numbered. Bronze/tombac with typographical error - 486 numbered; 197 melted. Silver with typographical error - 299 numbered; 82 melted.

Designer: Obverse - Ruth Lubin. Reverse - Ronit Salomon and Sharon Berman.

Engraving: Tidhar Dagan.

Mint: Bronze/tombac - Hecht. Silver - The Government Mint. Gold - Kretschmer.