Israeli medals, tokens and keychains showing tanks

The importance of IDF tanks in the view of the Israeli public can be demonstrated by the many medals showing a tank. The Sinai campaign, Six Day war and Yom Kippur war were all decided by Israeli tanks. In addition to this several keychains were issued armoured units. Since small medals can easily be part of keychains, we present any medal, token or keychain related to Israeli armored vehicles.

		Front: Souvenir from the armoured forces in Sinai Sherman tank Back: A fist on the map of Sinai desert
		Front: Battle of the Dam Company A, Sinai Campaign, October 1956 Back: Empty
		Keychain Front: 18th Independence Day, 1966 Sherman tank Back: National Emblem, above "Haifa"
		Key chain Front: 19th Independence Day, Sherman Tank Back: 7 arm candelabre, in hebrew:"19th Independence Day" "If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill" (Psalm 137:5)
		Six Day War souvenir medal
		Six Day War souvenir medal/keychain Front shows the text: The War of Victory (one of the first names of the war, before it became known as Six Day War. Back: Rachel's Tomb
		Six Day War souvenir medal/keychain also celebrating 20 year Independence
		French Israeli Six Day War commemorative medal, 1967; struck in silver (marked 999 on rim); no artist/maker mark; weight: 13.1g; size: 33mm Front: a legend in Hebrew along the edge "With G-d's Will Was Saved the Peace of the World" with images of a plane, an armoured carrier, and the Torah. Back: Flag of Israel with sword and olive branch on either side and a French text "Freedom, Peace, Brotherhood", the Hebrew word "Bazak" ("swift") and "Under the Star of David, Campaign of 6 Days" and the period underneath; Possibly issued by French-Jewish volunteers in the war effort.
		Keychain Well done, Armoured Corps 5-10.VI.67
		Front:Palmach Commanders Conference Emblem of the Palmach Nabi Samuel 12.9.1967 Six Days 1948-1967 Back: empty Diameter: 35 mm Copper
		Front: "Wel done IDF", Independence 22 Centurion tank Back: Itzhak Rabin, Moshe Dayan
		A keychain showing a Centurion tank, Mirage aircraft and a Parachute
		7th Armored Brigade medal Front: Armoured Corps, 25 years to the State of Israel Back: War of Independence, Operation Kadesh, Six Days, War of Attrition. Bronze medal, 59 mm
		Front: Merkava tank 25 year 836th Armored Corps Training Base 1974-1999 Back: Thank you for your service to the unit
		The founders of the battalion and its successors ,March 5 1970 The picture does not show a tank, but an armoured personnel carrier M113, in Israel called "Zelda"
		For your service to the 27th Brigade 1952-2014 In recognition of your service in the 27th Brigade - a private, uncommon IDF medal commemorating the 27th Armored Division (Heroes of War) tank, which was manufactured in the USA in 1952 and served in the Armored Corps from the early 1960s until its final decommissioning in the reserve forces in 2014. The tank shown is a Merkava tank
		Israel Coins and Medals Corporation medal The Armored Corps Front: He shall come with fire, and like a tempest, His chariots (Isaiah 66:15) Diameter 70 mm
		Armored Reconnaissance 330
		Brigade "Adam" 195 Armoured Forces School
		Yad Mordechai keychain Front: the Egyptian tank that was stopped by the residents of kibbutz Yad Mordechai and Haganah fighters in the War of Independence in the battle that lasted from 19 to 24 May, 1948 Back: The statue of Mordechai Anielewicz, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising leader, after whom the kibbutz is named. It stands on a hill overlooking the kibbutz and is a prominent feature of the site, which also includes a museum and a reconstructed battle site.
		Keychain 82th Batallion - 7th Brigade
		Keychain 82th Batallion - 7th Brigade

See also this page with IDF Armored Corps Commemorative Medals