Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
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Medal noting the 25th anniversary of Israelit Vorschuss-Institut – Jewish institute for loans in Hamburg. Cast bronze. Hamburg, 1841. Obverse: bee-hive (institute's emblem). Reverse: inscription: "Zum 25 Jähr Jubiläum 1841" [25th anniversary, 1841]. On both sides of the medal appear biblical verses concerning loans and assisting the needy. Diameter: 45 mm.
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
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Silver medal and bronze medal, "Supreme Commission for Jewish Affairs", institute which organized Dutch Jewry during the 19th century for many years. Holland, 1836. Obverse: Wreath surrounded by the inscription "Koninklyke Besluiten van 8 Maart 1836 No. 23 en 29 April 1836 No. 84". Reverse: bending tree, pillar with a Magen David base, Tablets of the Law, lion holding an emblem, and more. Inscription: "Toegewezen foor de Hoofd-Commissie tot de Zaken der Israëliten" and maker's mark. Diameter: 50 mm.
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
Opening: $350
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Medal minted on behalf of the Maastricht (Holland) Jewish congregation. Cast bronze. Maastricht, 1841. Obverse: Front of Maastricht synagogue, inscription: "For the house of our God…", date of synagogue's inauguration and maker's mark: "Wiener F." Maastricht synagogue was inaugurated in 1840. During WW II, the synagogue was plundered and used by the German army as a warehouse. Reverse: dedication in Dutch by the Maastricht Jewish congregation for the king "under whose rule religious tolerance is respected". Diameter: 41 mm.
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
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Medal, minted on the occasion of the publication of Moses Mendelssohn's book "Phaedon". Cast silver. [Prussia, Germany, 1774]. Obverse: Portrait of Moses Mendelssohn, inscription: "Moses Mendelssohn" and artist's signature. Reverse: skull with a butterfly fluttering its wings and the writing: "Phaedon" and "Natus MDCCXXIX" [born, 1729]. Diameter: 40 mm.
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
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Medal minted on behalf of the Hamburg Jewish community in honor of Gabriel Riesser (1806-1863), German-Jewish jurist 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 the 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 co-religionists, 1836". (In German). Diameter: 60 mm. See next item.
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
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Medal minted on behalf of the Hamburg Jewish community in honor of GabrielRiesser. Cast silver. [Hamburg]. 1836. See previous item.
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
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Bronze medal in memory of the English Lord George Gordon who converted to Judaism and died in prison. London, [early 19th cent.]. Obverse: Profile portrait of Lord George Gordon. Inscription: "LD GEO GORDON DIED IN NEWGATE NOV I 1973". Reverse: a palm within which is a heart shape, surrounded by a wreath of leaves. Inscription on lower part: "James". Inscription on upper part: "HONOUR". Diameter: 30 mm.
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
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Bronze plaque, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of "Lissa&Kann" Bank in The Hague. "Lissa&Kann" bank, one of the oldest banks in Holland was established by Hirschel Eliazer Kann and Moses Calmus Lissa, two Polish Jews. For more than one hundred years the bank operated as a family business. One of its directors was Henricus Kann, Zionist activist and one of the founders of Otzar Hityashvut Hayehudim bank and Anglo-Palestine bank. Kann acquired land in Ahuzat Bayit and served as consul of Holland in Eretz Israel between the years 1924 and 1928. Obverse: Stork and the inscription: "Lissa&Kann 1806-1906, Ter Herinnering Aan Het Eeuwfeest" [Lissa&Kann 1806-1906, one hundredth anniversary]. Reverse: Inscription: "Mazal Tov, Beracha veHatzlacha" (in Hebrew and Dutch). 51X63 mm.
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
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1. Bronze medal in memory of Aharon (Adolf) Jellinek. Austria, 1893. Obverse: relief of Aharon Jellinek's image and birth and death years. Reverse: Inscription: "Not by force but by my spirit so saya God". Diameter: 55 mm. (see next item). 2. Brass medal in honor of Prof. Max Hermann Jellinek's 60th birthday – one of Aharon Jellinek's sons. Austria, 1928. Obverse: relief of Max Jellink's image, inscription: " Max H. Jellinek 29.V.1928". Reverse: blank. Diameter: 40 mm.
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
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1. Medal in memory of Aharon (Adolf) Jellinek, a Jewish-German scholar, bibliographer and researcher of Judaism. Of "Chochmat Israel" movement leaders, and founder of the rabbinical seminary in Vienna. Cast bronze. Austria, 1893. Obverse: relief of Aharon Jellinek image and dates of his birth and death. Reverse: Inscription "not by forth but by my spirit…". Diameter 55 mm. 2. Medal commemorating the 70th birthday of Yitzchak Noah Manheimer (1793-1865), teacher and reform preacher. Cast bronze. Austria, 1863. Obverse: relief of Manheimer's image and the inscription "Dr. I. N. Mannheimer Prediger der Israelit Gemeinde in Wien"[Dr. Manheimer, preacher of the Vienna Jewish community]. Reverse: "Zum Siebzigsten Geburtstage" [for his seventieth birthday] and a biblical verse. Diameter: 50 mm. 3. Medal on behalf of the Vienna Jewish community representatives, in honor of Josef Rieter von Wertheimer (1800-1887), a Jewish educator native of Vienna, of the Vienna Jewish community leaders and fighter for equal civil rights for Austrian Jews. Cast copper. Vienna, 1867. Obverse: Relief of Wetheimer's image, his name and maker's mark. Reverse: "Dem Scheidenden Vorstands Praeses, Die Beamten" [the retiring chairman of the council]. Diameter: 43 mm.
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
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Medal, Salomon Heine Hospital. Cast copper. Germany, 19th century. Obverse: portrait of Salomon Heine and an inscription (in German). Reverse: illustration of the hospital front. The hospital was established in 1841. Inscription: "Krankenhaus d. d. Israel Gemeinde" and an additional inscription (in German). Diameter: 25 mm.
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
Opening: $450
Sold for: $1,625
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Four medals minted in honor of the English-Jewish boxer Daniel Mendoza (1764-1836), a foremost boxer of the period and England's champion in the years 1792-1795. England, 1790,1796, two with no date. On one side - Mendoza'a portrait and on the other- various reliefs (on two medals – two boxers). Diameter: 29 mm.
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