Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5

Spain > Madrid: Madrid & Toledo Synagogues commemoration, 1968; struck in tombak; not maker-marked; 45mm; 35.9g. Obv: coat of arms of Castile & León autonomous region w/Sp. leg. around "Aun Suenan Los Rezos de Aquellos Hermanos Que en Tiempos Pasados Pisaban tus Piedras" & "Toledo [1357 in Roman numerals] Sinagoga" in exergue. Rev: torch + Heb. leg. "Netzakh Israel Lo Yishaker" (The Destiny of the People of Israel will not Lie) & dedication in center, "Holy Congregation of Madrid | Dedication of Synagogue | Hanukka 5729". In same year Franco govt. repealed 1492 decree of expulsion of Spanish Jews; in 1967 govt. passed "Religious Freedom Law" enabling the Madrid Jewish community to est. new "Beit [Beth] Yaakov" Synagogue (probably one commemorated by this medal).