Medal - Info Please

Front: Star of David made from dots

with the Hebrew word Zion inside the hexagon

© Dawn Kosinski

Back: "Saint Christopher Protect Us"

© Dawn Kosinski

Dawn Kosinski sent me the following message to my readers:

When going through my father-in-law's things we found a St Christopher's (Catholic) Metal with a Star of David metal on the back. The Star of David is slightly off center, which makes me wonder if someone just glued it to the back of the St Christopher. I don't know the age but suspect that it is pretty old. Maybe from WW II.

Can you give me any ideas on this

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The Christian MEANING OF MAGEN DAVID on Youtube

see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrHb04Sb_FU&NR=1

Thanks to Dobush for the reference

Hexagram at Bled Museum, Slovenia

Hexagram made from 6 rhombs and a circle - seems like Roman floor - exhibited at Bled Museum, Slovenia.

(c) Oded Israeli 2010

Double Square

Double Square - Rub el Hizb

CC picture by dewes008 (c) from Flickr

Like the hexagram, which is comprised of two equilateral triangles, the octagram (eight-pointed star) is comprised of two squares.

Possible origin: Tartessos, an ancient civilization based in Andalusia, which lasted till the 6^th Century B.C.E.

Spanish name: Estrella tartésica

Arabic name: Rub el Hizb (the Quran is divided into 60 chapters each of which is called Hizb) – it marks the end of a chapter in Arabic calligraphy.

Also called: al-Quds star

Indian name: Star of Lakshmi representing the eight forms of the goddess Lakshmi.

El Al bottle

El Al bottle

Photographed by Hadi Orr (c) 2010

El Al bottle- Note

Photographed by Hadi Orr (c) 2010

Hadi Orr wrote to me:

These bottles were given out to first class passengers only on the airplane in the 50's. These bottles are very rare and some come in boxes which I had never seen before I purchased them.

Star of David Album wordle

Wordle for my Star of David Album blog

made by Jennie Gottschalk

Ethiopian flag 1903

Star of David and the Hebrew word for Zion on

Ethiopian flag 1903

On the lion- The Christian Cross