Lot 104
Gilt Silver Medallion – Menorah Club, Alexandria, 1946 – British Army Volunteers from the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine
Gilt silver medallion (marked "800").
Obverse: large Menorah and Hebrew legend reading: "Menorah Club, 5700-5706 [1940-46], Alexandria;" marked. Reverse: English legend, reading "The Menorah Club, Alexandria, 1940-1946."
The soldiers' facility known as the Menorah Club served as a restaurant and place for resting and reading for Jewish soldiers attached to the British army who served in Alexandria, Egypt during WWII. It was located next door to what was known as the Hatikvah Club, established by the World Zionist Organization.
Diameter: 3.5 cm. Suspension loop.
