Lot 310
Medal – Gabriel Riesser – Hamburg, 1836
Medal made on behalf of the Hamburg Jewish community in honor of Gabriel Riesser (1806-1863), German-Jewish jurist and politician who fought for the emancipation of German Jews. Cast bronze. [Hamburg]. 1836.
Obverse: Relief – figures of three women. In the center - a woman with two babies in her arms. To her right a woman wearing a cross, leaning on an altar, and to her left a woman chained to the Tablets of the Law (representing Christianity and Judaism). Surrounded by an inscription: "Haben Wir Nicht Alle Einen Vater-Hat Uns Nicht Ein Gott Erschaffen [Have we not all one father – hath not one God created us]. Reverse: "To the fighter for right and freedom, Dr. Gabriel Riesser from his Hamburg congregation members, 1836". (In German).
Diameter: 60 mm.
