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Coins, Medals & Israeliana: Fraternities

Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30646 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $35 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Israeli "Maimonides" ("Rambam") Lodge #54 member's badge, circa. 1950's-60's; not maker-marked (Haffner: JTM-MA-30); 25g. Clasp reads "Member"; tallion
depicts lodge's emblem. This lodge belongs to a crypto-Masonic body called the "Order of the Sons of Zion - L.B. [Loyal Brothers]" (in Hebrew, "Mizdar Bnei Tzion - Achim
Ne'emanim"), founded 1928 as TLV branch of J'lem based movement founded 1922, as counterbalast to Haredi-Jewish "Achva", Jewish "Bnei Brit" & TLV "Achim
Ne'emanim" ("Loyal Brothers") order which mimicked the Masonic tradition which this Lodge opposed.
Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30647 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $25 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Israeli Masonic medal, circa. 1970's; possibly by Kretchmer; gold coated bronze; 31mm, 15.55g. Obv: Hebrew initials A.Sh.R.M; above the pillars "May there be
Light", and at base, "Jerusalem Day". Rev: a scroll with names of 4 Israeli lodges and their numbers as issued by the Scottish Rite (one each in Haifa & Jerusalem, two in
TLV); at base a small letter "Kuf" which may be the medallist's name - probably [Shmuel] Kretchmer. "Jerusalem Day" is an annual national holiday celebrated on the 18th
of the Jewish month of "Iyar" (i.e. around late May, early June).
Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30648 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $20 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Israel: 3rd prize medal issued by Bnai Brith "Hillel 1823" Lodge in Haifa to G. Rimschitz, with quotation from Tehilim (Psalms), 1979; size: 60mm;
weight: 100.8g.

Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30649 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $40 : יתלחתה ריחמ

American "Palestine" Freemason's lodge member's badge, c. early 20th Cent.; weight: 29.4g. Gilted metal: deer(?) head on Scottish coat of arms & Scots Gaelic motto "Cuidich In Rhi" ("Help
the King"); manufactured by F.I.Gorton of N[orth] Attleboro, Mass. The round pendant-emblem is the "Shrine" emblem indicating Lodge affiliation with the "Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine" (A.A.O.N.M.S. - known as "Shriners"), founded in Manhattan in 1870, an appendant body of American Freemasonry who wear red 'fez' hats & known for social work. Until 2000, in order to
be eligible for membership in the Shrine a person had to complete either the Scottish Rite or York Rite degrees of Masonry - which may explain the Scottish flag on this badge.
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