Fighters against Nazis Medal
Fighters against Nazis Medal (Ot Halohem BaNatzim) is an Israeli decoration that is awarded to World War II veterans. First instituted as a ribbon bar in 1967, it was first awarded to World War II veterans at Yom HaShoah (7 May) the same year by the Prime Minister of Israel, Levi Eshkol. In 1985 to mark 40 years to victory in World War II, an Israeli flag with the ribbon bar was awarded to a number of museums dedicated to the war.
Fighters against Nazis Medal
טל ענבר · Public domain
- Name
- The Fighters against Nazis Medal
- Period
- 1967
- Region
- Israel
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Fighters against Nazis Medal (Ot Halohem BaNatzim) is an Israeli decoration that is awarded to World War II veterans. First instituted as a ribbon bar in 1967, it was first awarded to World War II veterans at Yom HaShoah (7 May) the same year by the Prime Minister of Israel, Levi Eshkol. In 1985 to mark 40 years to victory in World War II, an Israeli flag with the ribbon bar was awarded to a number of museums dedicated to the war.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Fighters against Nazis Medal. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q2777220 · wikipedia · Fighters against Nazis Medal
In this article
Overview
Overview
In 2000, a medal was created from the ribbon bar.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — The Fighters against Nazis Medal • Presenter — Yad Vashem, Israel • Type — Award for military service towards the establishment of the State of Israel • Eligibility — Israeli citizens or permanent residents in Israel who served in any of the allied armed forces or as partisans or members of underground resistance groups between 1 September 1939 and 1 September 1946. • Awarded For — Serving in the Second World War • Campaign — Second World War • Status — Awarded as necessary • Established — As a ribbon: As a medal: • Firstawarded — As a ribbon: 7/5/1967 As a medal: 2000 • Higher — Irgun (ETZEL) Ribbon • Lower — Stern Gang (LEHI) Ribbon • Caption2 — Ribbon bar • Country — Israel • Precedence Label — Order of wear
Design
Design
The Fighters against Nazis Medal is a disc. The non-swivelling straight bar suspender is attached to the medal at the top of the medal. The medals were struck on a gold coloured metal. Obverse The obverse shows two Stars of David; one of them is shaped as a Yellow badge and has a bayonet on it while the other has an olive branch on it. Reverse The reverse shows the Emblem of the State of Israel, a menorah surrounded by an olive branch on each side, and the writing "ישראל" (Hebrew for Israel) below it, in the centre; around it the writing "לוחם בנאצים - ותיק מלחמת העולם השנייה" (Hebrew for Fighter against the Nazis - veteran of World War II). Ribbon The ribbon is red in the centre with a stripe made up of a light blue stripe sounded on both sides by a white strip on each side symbolising the flag of Israel; there are also two black stripes along the edges of the ribbon. This design was made to be nearly identical to the ribbon of the 1939 Iron Cross awarded in World War II.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
- Israel
Award criteria
An Israeli citizen or permanent resident of Israel who during World War II was engaged in the military campaign against the Nazi oppressors and their supporters and fought them in one of the Allies armed forces, including the British brigade, as a partisan or as an underground movement member during the set period of time which is between 1/9/1939 and the 1/9/1945, as specified by Yad Vashem regulation of 1968, and also based upon the "status of the World War II veterans" Act of 2000. If the person eligible for this award has died, a family member (a spouse, a son, a daughter, a father, a mother, a brother, a sister, a grandson, a granddaughter) is entitled to submit an application requesting the ribbon, or an equivalent to the ribbon in event of loss or wear and tear. • Illustration — Israeli veteran with medals and ribbons including the Fighters against Nazis medal
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Medals
1,069 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Expert Infantryman BadgeTerminology
- Faithful Service MedalTerminology
- Fatherland Defense OrderTerminology
- Feat OrderTerminology
- Finnish service medalsTerminology
- Fire Cross 1914–1918Terminology
- Fire Services Exemplary Service MedalTerminology
- Fleet Marine Force Warfare insigniaTerminology
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with Fighters against Nazis Medal?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.