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HERE AM I, SEND ME

Location Israel
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Thickness 4 mm
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Obverse description The obverse features a waving flag bearing the Star of David on a flagpole in the upper left field, with large Hebrew letters reading הנני (Here Am I) and שלחני (Send Me) dominating the center in bold relief, accompanied by their English translations. A bilingual circular legend surrounds the field, referencing the Yishuv volunteers in the British Forces, 1939–1946, with a biblical citation to Isaiah 6:8 in the lower field.
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Reverse description The reverse displays a large Star of David in the right field with Hebrew text within and around it, alongside two upright daggers or bayonets rising from the lower field. Large Hebrew letters bearing the Talmudic maxim הבא להורגך השכם להורגו fill the field, with a source citation to Berakhot 58b in the lower exergue. The circular legend in English reads the full translation of the maxim.
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