Lot 142
Proprietary Rights – Emperor Franz Joseph I, 1860
Medal minted to note a decree issued by Emperor Franz Joseph I, granting some of the Jews in his domain the right to purchase land. Austro-Hungary, 1860.
Obverse: relief – woman holding a scroll with a Hebrew inscription "Din Echad LeAm Echad" (one law for one nation) facing a boy holding a wreath. Between them is an altar with the portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph and above it the Tablets of the Law with an inscription in Hebrew "one law for all of us". Around the relief appears an inscription in German. On the lower part an inscription:"thanks to his Highness, Emperor Franz Joseph I, Jews in the Austrian Empire have the right to own land".
Reverse: Inscription in German – text of the decree published in February 1860.
Diameter: 74 mm.
