Support Open navigation menu. Close navigation menu.

Enjoying the Pins? Please Help us Keep the Museum Going.

The National Museum of American Diplomacy’s online exhibits, educational programs, and resources are made possible by the generous support of individuals. Online donations can be made through the Diplomacy Center Foundation, our private sector partner.

Peace Dove pin, designer Cecile et Jeanne, France; photographer John Bigelow Taylor.
Give Today
Milestone Moments

Necklace of Doves

Pin Shown

  • Title Necklace of Doves

    Date circa 1997

    Designer Cécile et Jeanne, France

    Materials Yellow Gold-Plated Base Metal, Lapis Lazuli

    Size 25.2" x "
    (64cm x 0cm)

Dove of Peace

Among Secretary Albright’s favorite pins was a gift from Leah Rabin, widow of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The pin is a dove, symbolizing the goal—peace in the Holy Land—for which the prime minister had given his life. During Albright’s first visit to Israel as Secretary of State, Mrs. Rabin gave her a matching necklace with an accompanying note: “There is a saying: ‘One swallow doesn’t announce the spring’—so maybe one dove needs reinforcements to create a reality of peace in the Middle East.” Albright wore the pin again when paying her respects to the victims of genocide in Rwanda, 1997.

Up Next