Lot 173
Medallion – Second Zionist Congress
Medallion commemorating the second Zionist congress. 1898.
Obverse: Five portraits. In the center – Herzl's portrait surrounded by those of Max Nordau, Bernard Lazar, Max Emanuel Mandelstam and Rabbi Moshe Gaster (the name in Hebrew appears under each portrait). The portraits are surrounded by vegetal decorations.
Reverse: a star of David and in the center the verse "I shall take the sons of Israel and bring them to their land". Surrounding inscription in Yiddish: "presidium dem 2-tn kongres der tsayonistn in Basel 28-30 August 1898" [Second Zionist congress in Basel].
Diameter: 29 mm. Remnants of a hook for hanging.
