STAR OF DAVID (SHIELD OF DAVID) CERAMIC DISPLAY PLATE

A SYMBOLIC STAR OF DAVID CERAMIC DISPLAY PLATE. THE STAR IS OVERLAID IN A NON MAGNETIC SILVER METAL PROPABLY PEWTER.

THE STAR OF DAVID IS KNOWN AS THE SHIELD OF DAVID AND JUST AS IT PROTECTED DAVID AGAINST THE MIGHTY GIANT IT IS SEEN TO PROTECT ISRAEL AGAINST ITS MANY ENEMIES.
 
The Star of David is a Jewish symbol composed of two overlaid equilateral triangles that form a six-pointed star. It appears on synagogues, Jewish tombstones, and the flag of the State of Israel. 
Why is the symbol called "Star of David"? One of the legends tells the following story. Before the battle with his opponent Nimrod, the young King David prepared a shield for himself, to the back of which were attached two triangles. In the midst of the battle, the triangles merged into one figure. The young man won the battle, and since then the symbol of the victor is known as Davids Shield.
The star-shaped six-point was known to Jews in Antiquity. But it was used not as a religious attribute, but as a decorative element of religious buildings.
The Star of David only became a distinctly Jewish symbol in the mid-14th century, when the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV granted the Jews of Prague the right to carry a flag, and they chose the six-pointed star. From Prague, the use of the Star of David as an official Jewish symbol spread, and so began the movement to find Jewish sources that traced the symbol to the House of David.
The star was adopted by the  at its 1897 Congress, and this gave the symbol more international prominence. In the 20th century, the star became even more evocative of Judaism when it was used by the Nazis to . And after the Holocaust, the same star became part of the .
 
SIZE:
26,5CM SQUARE 2CM HIGH
 
CONDITION: NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.
 
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