The Hagana Ribbon -
award document
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The official announcement that
accompanied the ribbon and the certificate
Source:
coinalex1954
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Issue of 1995:
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| The Hagana
Ribbon - award ceremonies |
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The Hagana ribbon was
awarded after a committee headed by Israel Amir, head of the Ministry of
Defense personnel department, determined the eligibility of every candidate.
More than 44,000 ribbons were granted. The first ribbons were presented in
Jerusalem on June 9, 1958, after a parade of 4000 Hagana veterans. Other
ceremonies were held all over Israel.
The son of late Ze'ev Zhabotinsky, Ari Zhabotinsky, refused to accept the
ribbon that his father was entitled to, in protest to what he considered the
government's disregard for the contribution of the underground organizations
(Etzel and Lechi), split-offs of the Haganah, to the struggle for
independence of the State of Israel.
Here follow some pictures of
the June 9, 1958 ceremony. |
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Left to right: Chaim Laskov, Shaul Avi Gur,Yaacov Dori, David Ben Gurion,
President Ben Zvi, Yisrael Galili, Shimon Peres, Meir Amit, Mattityahu Peled
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President Ben Zvi pins the ribbon on
Ben Gurion's costume |
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The ribbon is presented to
Yaacov Dori, the first Chief of Staff of the Hagana and IDF, later president
of the Technion.
Below his award certificate and the original ribbon. |
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Igor Ostapenko |
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David Ben
Gurion pins the ribbon on Yigael Yadin, second IDF Chief of Staff |
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David Ben
Gurion presents the Haganah Ribbon to Chief Of Staff Chaim Laskov |
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Moshe
Dayan |
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Hagana award ceremony in Givatayim |
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Sources:
Pictures: Government
Press Office, Pridan
Moshe
Text: "Israel, Army and Defence, A Dictionary" by Zeev Schiff and Eitan
Haber, 1976 |
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Source:
http://www.pbase.com/geyzi/general_archive&page=all |
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