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Winner's medal issued for the 1936 Maccabiah Games in Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia. Gilt, 65 mm, 93 gm. The front of the medal portrays a welcoming figure with open arms over a ski jumper and figure skater, encircled by a Czech legend of the games. The reverse features a large Star of David surrounded by Hebrew legends. The Maccabiah Games, sometimes called the 'Jewish Olympics,' are an international Jewish multi-sport event now held in the summer every four years. The 1936 Games were the second, and final, edition of the Winter Maccabiah, and over 2,000 athletes from twelve nations participated. The Maccabiah were canceled with the advent of World War II, but successfully resumed in 1950. A unique medal from an historic pre-war Jewish athletic competition.
