Auction #38: Worldwide Stamps, Postal History, Worldwide Coins & Worldwide Banknotes

Judaica UK JLB Jewish Lads' Brigade Lewis Emanuel 29 mm Bronze Medal ca. 1910s. 

The Lewis Emanuel Medal was given for at least four passes in the Profeciency Badge Scheme. Reverse shows a mounted officer inspecting a rank of cadets. Behind the officer is a flag bearing a hebrew inscription, most likely the text "They go from strength to strength", the Brigade's motto, taken from the 84th psalm.Obvers shows in the center the initials of the brigade within a laurel wreath. 

The UK's oldest Jewish youth movement, it was founded in 1895 as the Jewish Lads' Brigade by Colonel Albert E. W. Goldsmid, a senior army officer, to provide an interest for children of the many poor immigrant families who were coming into England at that time. The first company was launched in London's East End but others soon appeared throughout the city and the provinces. The movement later spread as far as South Africa and Canada. 

The Jewish Lads' Brigade was a military association of English Jewish boys, formed, organized, and directed by Col. Albert E. W. Goldsmid "to instil into the rising generation from their earliest years habits of orderliness, cleanliness, and honour, so that in learning to respect themselves they will do credit to their community." It is the first association of its kind. Jewish lads are eligible for membership between the ages of twelve and sixteen, and may remain, up to the rank of sergeant, until the age of eighteen. There is no limit to the age of superior officers. There are at present three regiments in existence: the London Regiment, consisting of all the battalions and companies in the London district; the Northern Regiment, consisting of similar units in the north and midlands of England; and the Colonial Regiment, consisting of companies in Canada and South Africa. In addition to the infantry training there are also signalling and ambulance organizations. Stress is laid upon the athletic clubs in connection with the organization. 

Very Nice. Excellent Condition.