Thursday, April 03, 2008

Herbert Lehman Medal

Star of David and the word tzeddek

The above USA Presidential Medal of Freedom was issued in 1974.

Recipient Herbert H. Lehman (1878-1963) Jewish Governor of New York from 1933 until 1942

Designed by Jacques Schnier.

Caption (To do Justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God) around a Star of David and the word tzeddek (justice) in Hebrew.


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