Stockade and Tower Settlements Jubilee

Jubilee of Stockade and Tower Settlements
State Medal, 5746 - 1986

The founding of Tel Amal (Nir David) in the Valley of Beth Shean on December 10, 1936, (Kislev 5697) on the second day of Hanukka, created the first link in a chain of 55 Tower and Stockade settlements. These were established between 1936 and 1939 (5697-99),
during the years of Arab rebellion, and spread from the Dan and Daphna Kibbutzim in the north, to Kibbutz Negba in the south. The initiative taken by the members of Tel Amal to plan and establish a fortified settlement proved to be a real stimulus; a great wave of new settlements followed within a short period, despite the opposing policies of the British Mandatory Government and the armed attacks by Arab guerilla bands.

Obverse
Model of a Tower and Stockade Settlement, verse in Hebrew and English "In the night.....a guard and labor on the day" (Nehemiah 4:16). The dates 1936-1939, 5697-5699.

Reverse
The number 50, the emblem of the State of Israel. The words "50 Years Jubilee of Stockade and Tower Settlements" in Hebrew and English and the serial number.

Edge
Israel State Emblem and words "State of Israel" in Hebrew and English.

Serialization
The medals are numbered.

Designer
Carmella Hartal.

Engraving
Tidhar Dagan.

Mint
Kretschmer.