Israel - Medal, The Israeli Festigal 1963 - A very rare silver-plated version, probably distributed to the ...

Israel - Medal, The Israeli Festigal 1963 - A very rare silver-plated version, probably distributed to the participants The third Israel Festival opened at the Binyane Haooma in Jerusalem on 16th July 1963. As in previous years, guests from many lands participated in staging the event, but on this occasion the main aim was to stress the Israeli-Jewish character of the Festival. Biblical themes dominated the musical presentations from around the world and a special evening was devoted to cantorial and other Jewish religious music. On the medal's obverse appears the Hebrew inscription "The Israel Festival 5723". To the right is the Festival emblem, and beneath in smaller letters the inscription in English. The reverse shows from top to bottom three incuse as asymmetrical squares with In relief figures of musical instruments, a theatrical mask and ballet shoes. An inscription in English, "Presented by the Prime Minister's Office". appears on 200 medals. *An unspecified and undocumented number of bronze medals with the dedication "Presented by the Prime Minister's Office" was issued by the IGCMC as a silver plated version.