Rectangular box, smooth surface, engraved inside lid: “To H. E. Mr. Walworth Barbour on his 60th Birthday, from Prime Minister and Mrs. Levi Eshkol, June 4th, 1968.” Unmarked. W: 110mm.

Barbour was United States Ambassador to the State of Israel from May, 1961 until January, 1973. Prime Minister and Mrs. Eshkol established a warm friendship. The gift was extended on is birthday, just prior to the first am nniversary of the outbreak of the Six Day War. A year later, the Hon.Walworth Barbour was named Career Ambassador by President Nixon, a rare appointment testifying to his success and reputation in the Diplomatic Corps. Grateful thanks to Greta Wilson, State Department Librarian, as well as the National Archives, Washington DC, for research assistance