Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
Displaying 85 - 96 of 138
Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $200
Unsold
Medal struck to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Alliance Israélite Universelle organization. Silver plated bronze. Maker: E. Hannaux. France, 1910.
Obverse: Profile portrait relief of Narcisse Leven (signed: E. Hannaux, 1910), and the inscription: "Narcisse Leven Pt de L'Alliance Israelite Universelle".
Reverse: Allegoric relief (signed as well) – a woman standing in front of a canvas on which the Tablets of the Law are painted, a handshake and the Hebrew word "Other". The inscription "Alliance Israélite Universelle 1860-1910" surrounds the image.
Narcisse Leven (1833-1915), an attorney and Jewish-French social activist, together with Adolphe Crémieux and others, founded the Alliance Israélite Universelle and served as its general secretary. During the years 1883-1898 served as vice president of Alliance Israélite Universelle, and in 1898 was appointed president.
Diameter: 60 mm.
Obverse: Profile portrait relief of Narcisse Leven (signed: E. Hannaux, 1910), and the inscription: "Narcisse Leven Pt de L'Alliance Israelite Universelle".
Reverse: Allegoric relief (signed as well) – a woman standing in front of a canvas on which the Tablets of the Law are painted, a handshake and the Hebrew word "Other". The inscription "Alliance Israélite Universelle 1860-1910" surrounds the image.
Narcisse Leven (1833-1915), an attorney and Jewish-French social activist, together with Adolphe Crémieux and others, founded the Alliance Israélite Universelle and served as its general secretary. During the years 1883-1898 served as vice president of Alliance Israélite Universelle, and in 1898 was appointed president.
Diameter: 60 mm.
Category
Numismatics – Coins, Banknotes, Medals
Catalogue
Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
Including buyer's premium
Medal struck to commemorate Moses Montefiore's hundredth birthday. England, 1884.
Obverse: Portrait of Moshe Montefiore and inscription in Hebrew: "Ashrei kol yere Hashem…"
Reverse: dedication "A Universal Tribute of Respect & Esteem to Sir Moses Montefiore Bart. Philanthropist from His Admirers and Friends".
Diameter: 40 mm.
Obverse: Portrait of Moshe Montefiore and inscription in Hebrew: "Ashrei kol yere Hashem…"
Reverse: dedication "A Universal Tribute of Respect & Esteem to Sir Moses Montefiore Bart. Philanthropist from His Admirers and Friends".
Diameter: 40 mm.
Category
Numismatics – Coins, Banknotes, Medals
Catalogue
Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $300
Unsold
Silver medal struck in honor of the 70th birthday of Solomon Meir Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the Austrian Rothschild family dynasty. Maker: Konrad Lange. [Vienna,1844].
Obverse: Rothschild's portrait surrounded by his name and date of birth: "S. M. Freyherr V. Rothscild Ceb. IX. Sept. MDCCLXXIV". Signed: K. Lange.
Reverse: Rothschild family emblem and inscription: "Für Seine Freunde Zur Feyer Seines Siebenzigsten Geburtsfestes IX. Sept. MDCCCXLIV" [To his friends, for the celebration of his 70th birthday, September 9, 1844].
Diameter: 48 mm.
Obverse: Rothschild's portrait surrounded by his name and date of birth: "S. M. Freyherr V. Rothscild Ceb. IX. Sept. MDCCLXXIV". Signed: K. Lange.
Reverse: Rothschild family emblem and inscription: "Für Seine Freunde Zur Feyer Seines Siebenzigsten Geburtsfestes IX. Sept. MDCCCXLIV" [To his friends, for the celebration of his 70th birthday, September 9, 1844].
Diameter: 48 mm.
Category
Numismatics – Coins, Banknotes, Medals
Catalogue
Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $250
Unsold
Medal awarded to Adolphe Meyer, honorary member in the Belgian Numismatic Society. Belgium, 1887.
Obverse: Emblem of Belgium (lion within a shield) and the inscription:
"Societas Numismatica Belgii".
Reverse: Engraved name of the receiver and the date, within a decorated frame.
Diameter: 55 mm.
Obverse: Emblem of Belgium (lion within a shield) and the inscription:
"Societas Numismatica Belgii".
Reverse: Engraved name of the receiver and the date, within a decorated frame.
Diameter: 55 mm.
Category
Numismatics – Coins, Banknotes, Medals
Catalogue
![1. A medal struck on the occasion of the 60th birthday of the numismatist Hugo Grünthal. [Germany, 1929].
Obverse: Gr&u](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale39-public/309_1.jpg "Two Medals in Honor of Numismatists – Germany / Austria")
![1. A medal struck on the occasion of the 60th birthday of the numismatist Hugo Grünthal. [Germany, 1929].
Obverse: Gr&u](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale39-public/309_2.jpg "Two Medals in Honor of Numismatists – Germany / Austria")
Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $200
Unsold
1. A medal struck on the occasion of the 60th birthday of the numismatist Hugo Grünthal. [Germany, 1929].
Obverse: Grünthal's portrait surrounded by an inscription:" HUGO GRÜNTHAL; AET • LX • 22.III.1869". Signed: Morin. Reverse: Relief of a hand holding a coin with the inscription: "ROB • BALL NCHF • MÜNZENHANDLUNG • BERLIN". Diameter: 54 mm.
2. A medal struck for the 70th birthday of the numismatist Eduard Forchheimer. [Vienna, 1890].
Obverse: Relief of Forchheimer's portrait, name and date of birth. Signed: A.[nton] Scharff. Reverse: Inscription in German. Diameter: 40 mm.
3. Obverse: Portrait of Eduard Forchheimer, name and date of birth. Signed: Pawlik.
Reverse: Inscription: "Seinen Freunden Zur Erinnerung Wien 1893"[from his friends, as a souvenir]. Diameter: 31 mm.
Obverse: Grünthal's portrait surrounded by an inscription:" HUGO GRÜNTHAL; AET • LX • 22.III.1869". Signed: Morin. Reverse: Relief of a hand holding a coin with the inscription: "ROB • BALL NCHF • MÜNZENHANDLUNG • BERLIN". Diameter: 54 mm.
2. A medal struck for the 70th birthday of the numismatist Eduard Forchheimer. [Vienna, 1890].
Obverse: Relief of Forchheimer's portrait, name and date of birth. Signed: A.[nton] Scharff. Reverse: Inscription in German. Diameter: 40 mm.
3. Obverse: Portrait of Eduard Forchheimer, name and date of birth. Signed: Pawlik.
Reverse: Inscription: "Seinen Freunden Zur Erinnerung Wien 1893"[from his friends, as a souvenir]. Diameter: 31 mm.
Category
Numismatics – Coins, Banknotes, Medals
Catalogue
Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $250
Unsold
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.
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.
Category
Numismatics – Coins, Banknotes, Medals
Catalogue
![Silver medal - Berliner Kassen-Vereins Bank. [Berlin, 1850].
Obverse: A woman holding a plate with the portrait of the Jewish](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale39-public/311_1.jpg "Silver Medal – Bank in Berlin – Joseph Mendelssohn")
![Silver medal - Berliner Kassen-Vereins Bank. [Berlin, 1850].
Obverse: A woman holding a plate with the portrait of the Jewish](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale39-public/311_2.jpg "Silver Medal – Bank in Berlin – Joseph Mendelssohn")
Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $250
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Silver medal - Berliner Kassen-Vereins Bank. [Berlin, 1850].
Obverse: A woman holding a plate with the portrait of the Jewish banker Joseph Mendelssohn and an inscription "Berliner Cassen Verein 1823 1850".
Reverse: A stork on a beach and an inscription "Bank Des Berliner Kassen-Vereins", "Ich Wach".
Diameter: 67 mm.
Obverse: A woman holding a plate with the portrait of the Jewish banker Joseph Mendelssohn and an inscription "Berliner Cassen Verein 1823 1850".
Reverse: A stork on a beach and an inscription "Bank Des Berliner Kassen-Vereins", "Ich Wach".
Diameter: 67 mm.
Category
Numismatics – Coins, Banknotes, Medals
Catalogue
![Bronze plaque noting one hundred years of Bleichröder family banking enterprises. [Berlin], 1903.
Obverse: Figure of a w](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale39-public/312_1.jpg "Plaque Noting One Hundred Years of Bleichröder Family Banking Ent")
![Bronze plaque noting one hundred years of Bleichröder family banking enterprises. [Berlin], 1903.
Obverse: Figure of a w](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale39-public/312_2.jpg "Plaque Noting One Hundred Years of Bleichröder Family Banking Ent")
Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $350
Sold for: $450
Including buyer's premium
Bronze plaque noting one hundred years of Bleichröder family banking enterprises. [Berlin], 1903.
Obverse: Figure of a woman holding a shield with the inscription "Labor Omnia Vincit" [labor conquers all], mountainous scenery, a bridge and factories. On the lower part appear names of five of the Bleichröder family members and their dates. Marked: "G. Janenscch, 1903".
Reverse: A tree on both sides of which appears a dedication in German, from the workers of S. Bleichröder Bank, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
S. Bleichröder Bank was founded in 1803 by the Jewish-German banker Shmuel Bleichröder, who served as the Rothschild family representative, and later turned the business into a family business.
73X93 mm.
Obverse: Figure of a woman holding a shield with the inscription "Labor Omnia Vincit" [labor conquers all], mountainous scenery, a bridge and factories. On the lower part appear names of five of the Bleichröder family members and their dates. Marked: "G. Janenscch, 1903".
Reverse: A tree on both sides of which appears a dedication in German, from the workers of S. Bleichröder Bank, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
S. Bleichröder Bank was founded in 1803 by the Jewish-German banker Shmuel Bleichröder, who served as the Rothschild family representative, and later turned the business into a family business.
73X93 mm.
Category
Numismatics – Coins, Banknotes, Medals
Catalogue
Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
1-2. Two identical medals made in honor of the German-Jewish banker Max Wilmersdörffer. One silver medal and the other made of bronze.
Obverse: Portrait and inscription in German. Reverse: "11 October 1841, 11 October 1891". Diameter: 48 mm.
3. Medal in honor of the 70th birthday of the Jewish-German banker Samson Oberndoerffer. Obverse: Portrait, name and date of birth. Reverse: Dedication in German. Diameter: 40 mm.
Obverse: Portrait and inscription in German. Reverse: "11 October 1841, 11 October 1891". Diameter: 48 mm.
3. Medal in honor of the 70th birthday of the Jewish-German banker Samson Oberndoerffer. Obverse: Portrait, name and date of birth. Reverse: Dedication in German. Diameter: 40 mm.
Category
Numismatics – Coins, Banknotes, Medals
Catalogue
Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $700
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Fifteen medals and pins with the portrait of Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881).
1-3. Three identical medals with the portrait of Disraeli and the inscription "Earl of Beaconsfield KG" [title bestowed by Queen Victoria]. Diameter 33 mm. Two medals with a hook, one medal with cloth ribbon.
4-5. Two pins with Disraeli's portrait.
6-11. Six medals in memory of Disraeli, with his portrait. Two identical. One medal with a hanger and a cloth ribbon. 22-45 mm.
12-14. Three silver medals (marked), with Disraeli's portrait. On the reverse of one medal Disraeli is seen next to a desk. Diameter 35-43 cm.
15. Silver medal. Obverse: "The Badge of Parliament". Reverse: Disraeli facing his political opponent William Gladstone, with the inscription: "Gladstone and Disraeli Great Prime Ministers in Competition 1868-1885". One of a series of silver medals portraying significant occasions in British history. Diameter: 45 mm.
1-3. Three identical medals with the portrait of Disraeli and the inscription "Earl of Beaconsfield KG" [title bestowed by Queen Victoria]. Diameter 33 mm. Two medals with a hook, one medal with cloth ribbon.
4-5. Two pins with Disraeli's portrait.
6-11. Six medals in memory of Disraeli, with his portrait. Two identical. One medal with a hanger and a cloth ribbon. 22-45 mm.
12-14. Three silver medals (marked), with Disraeli's portrait. On the reverse of one medal Disraeli is seen next to a desk. Diameter 35-43 cm.
15. Silver medal. Obverse: "The Badge of Parliament". Reverse: Disraeli facing his political opponent William Gladstone, with the inscription: "Gladstone and Disraeli Great Prime Ministers in Competition 1868-1885". One of a series of silver medals portraying significant occasions in British history. Diameter: 45 mm.
Category
Numismatics – Coins, Banknotes, Medals
Catalogue
![Silver medal on behalf of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britian. Maker: Leonard Charles Wyon. [London], 1854.
Obverse:](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale39-public/315_1.jpg "Silver Medal – British Pharmaceutical Society / Jonathan Pereira – Lon")
![Silver medal on behalf of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britian. Maker: Leonard Charles Wyon. [London], 1854.
Obverse:](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale39-public/315_2.jpg "Silver Medal – British Pharmaceutical Society / Jonathan Pereira – Lon")
Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $350
Sold for: $438
Including buyer's premium
Silver medal on behalf of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britian. Maker: Leonard Charles Wyon. [London], 1854.
Obverse: Portrait of the Jewish pharmacist Jonathan Pereira (1804-1853) with the inscription "Jonathan Pereira MD FRS FLS". Reverse: A wreath, in its center the inscription "Materia Medica. Awarded by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Prize Medal Founded 1854". Name of receiver and the year are engraved on the rim: "John Thomas 1887".
Diameter: 58 mm.
Obverse: Portrait of the Jewish pharmacist Jonathan Pereira (1804-1853) with the inscription "Jonathan Pereira MD FRS FLS". Reverse: A wreath, in its center the inscription "Materia Medica. Awarded by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Prize Medal Founded 1854". Name of receiver and the year are engraved on the rim: "John Thomas 1887".
Diameter: 58 mm.
Category
Numismatics – Coins, Banknotes, Medals
Catalogue
Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
Including buyer's premium
1. Silver medal, made in honor of Prof. Richard Willstätter (1872-1942), Jewish-German professor of organic chemistry, winner of the Nobel Prize. Obverse: Relief of Willstätter's portrait. Signed: H. Hahn. Reverse: Dedication in German: Richard Willstätter in Dankbarkeit v Seinen Schuelern [Richard Willstätter, with appreciation from his students]. Diameter: 48 mm.
2. Medal made in honor of Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915), Jewish-German scientist, Nobel Prize winner, known for his research in the fields of hematology, immunology and chemotherapy. [German, 1910]. Maker: Karl Goetz. Obverse: Ehrlich's portrait surrounded by an inscription: "Paul Ehrlich Aetatis Anno Lui MCMX". Reverse: Figure of a man; the body encircled by a snake sipping from a bowl held by the man. On both sides appears a Latin inscription: "corpora non agunt nisi fixate" [a sentence made famous by Ehrlich in one of his works]. Diameter: 59 mm. Contained in a fine box.
2. Medal made in honor of Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915), Jewish-German scientist, Nobel Prize winner, known for his research in the fields of hematology, immunology and chemotherapy. [German, 1910]. Maker: Karl Goetz. Obverse: Ehrlich's portrait surrounded by an inscription: "Paul Ehrlich Aetatis Anno Lui MCMX". Reverse: Figure of a man; the body encircled by a snake sipping from a bowl held by the man. On both sides appears a Latin inscription: "corpora non agunt nisi fixate" [a sentence made famous by Ehrlich in one of his works]. Diameter: 59 mm. Contained in a fine box.
Category
Numismatics – Coins, Banknotes, Medals
Catalogue