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In the center of the text – a figure of a rabbi, wearing a yarmulke and a tallit with a beautifully
embroidered atara. Below, two lions holding the Decalogue tablets with a crown, a decorative frieze
as well as the emblems of Poland (eagle) and Lithuania (Pachonia/Chaser). Inscription in Polish and
French: "The Golden Charter of Polish Jewry".
Below the text, a note in French: "Translated from the original Latin text in Paris in February 1930."
From the collection of Marek Szukalak.