“Searchers for the Messiah” Silver State Medal with lithograph. Design: Moshe Castel. Issued: 1986.
Obverse: Original lithograph in fifteen colors depicting the Arizal and his colleagues waiting and praying for the Messiah with arms outstretched to the heavens – the work of artist Moshe Castel, signed in print by the artist with the letter “C”. the word Jerusalem in Hebrew and ancient Hebrew writing on right and left. Artist’s signature in Hebrew and English.
Reverse: Man and woman with interlaced arms, and the words “Everlasting Love” (Jeremiah 31) in Hebrew and English and ancient Hebrew writing. Artist’s signature in Hebrew and English. Edge: The emblem of the State of Israel and the words “State of Israel” in Heberw and English and the purity of the silver: 999.
Diameter: 50 mm. Weight: 62 grams. Lithograph and separation of colors: David Tamrin. Kretschmer and the government mint. [Medal number in the margins: 20]
Very fine condition.