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HAYM SALOMON MEDALS
Last week's item relating to Revolutionary War figure Haym Salomon prompted Mel Wacks to submit this note about medals featuring
Salomon. -Editor
In 1973, the Jewish-American Hall of Fame issued a medal honoring Revolutionary War patriot Haym Salomon. It was designed by the Dean of World Medalists, Paul Vincze, and quickly sold out. In 2012, we have combined Vincze’s portrait with a new “For God and Country” reverse, featuring a portion of the Great Seal of the United States. In the book “For God and Country,” author James Arcuri admittedly combined facts, myths and legends to tell how Haym Salomon helped to design the Great Seal of the United States – that features 13 stars, representing the original 13 states, in the formation of a six-pointed Star of David. The historic facts indicate that the first description of the Great Seal did not specify whether the individual stars were to have five or six points -- and the stars were arranged randomly. The star-formation on the first Great Seal was designed and described by Charles Thomson in 1782 (during the lifetime of Haym Salomon) as: “Over the head of the Eagle a Constellation of Stars surrounded with bright rays and at a little distance clouds.” The Haym Salomon/For God and Country 22mm bronze medal is available for $7.50 from the non-profit Jewish-American Hall of Fame, 5189 Jeffdale Ave., Woodland Hills, CA 91364. To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
Bob Neale adds: By now you've probably heard from several E-Sylum readers that the stars in the seal when connected into a so-called Star of David design, and then superimposed on the reverse of the seal, point to an anagram for Mason. And that most of the seal contains various Masonic images one way or another. eSylum wrote about all this somewhere around July 2006 in regard, I think to a History Channel program. Mr. Carson's PR people ought to put The E-Sylum on their list for checking anything regarding money! To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
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