Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
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Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $500
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
Seven plaques awarded by Jewish sports organizations to winners in competitions, or bearing the organization's emblem. Europe 1920s-30s.
• Two plaques – prizes for sports competitions in the third and fifth "Youth Congress" (Slet. Jevr. Omladine) (1922,1924), Zagreb, Croatia. •A "Bar Kochba" plaque, 1922. "Two plaques on behalf of "Hakoach" Vienna (1930s). • Two plaques on behalf of "Hakoach" swimming club (1930,1937).
Size varies.
• Two plaques – prizes for sports competitions in the third and fifth "Youth Congress" (Slet. Jevr. Omladine) (1922,1924), Zagreb, Croatia. •A "Bar Kochba" plaque, 1922. "Two plaques on behalf of "Hakoach" Vienna (1930s). • Two plaques on behalf of "Hakoach" swimming club (1930,1937).
Size varies.
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Numismatics – Coins, Banknotes, Medals
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Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $400
Unsold
A 20 Mark coin, minted by the Lodz Ghetto. Judenrat for use by the Ghetto inhabitants. Lodz, 1943.
Obverse: the value and "Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt". The N in the word "In" is backwards. Only a few examples of this variety are known. See: "A Survey of Lodz Ghetto Coins", Steve Feller. The Shekel, May-June 1988. Reverse: an illustration of a Star of David and the inscription "Getto 1943".
Diameter: 32 mm.
Rare.
Obverse: the value and "Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt". The N in the word "In" is backwards. Only a few examples of this variety are known. See: "A Survey of Lodz Ghetto Coins", Steve Feller. The Shekel, May-June 1988. Reverse: an illustration of a Star of David and the inscription "Getto 1943".
Diameter: 32 mm.
Rare.
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Numismatics – Coins, Banknotes, Medals
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Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $250
Unsold
Three coins minted by the Lodz (Litzmannstadt) Ghetto Judenrat and used by the Ghetto inhabitants, 1943.
Two coins in the value of 10 Reichmarks (one made of Aluminium and one of Magnesium) and one coin in the value of 5 Reichmarks (made of Magnesium). Obverse: The German words "Quittung uber" ["Receipt for"] and the face value of the coin ("10 Mark" or "5 Mark"), surrounded by the German text "Der aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt" ["The Jewish Elders of Litzmannstadt"]. Reverse: A Star of David, the German word 'Getto' and the date '1943'.
Diameters: 27mm (10 Reichmarks), 22mm (5 Reichmarks). Fair-poor condition. Lower part of 5 Reichmarks coin is broken.
Two coins in the value of 10 Reichmarks (one made of Aluminium and one of Magnesium) and one coin in the value of 5 Reichmarks (made of Magnesium). Obverse: The German words "Quittung uber" ["Receipt for"] and the face value of the coin ("10 Mark" or "5 Mark"), surrounded by the German text "Der aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt" ["The Jewish Elders of Litzmannstadt"]. Reverse: A Star of David, the German word 'Getto' and the date '1943'.
Diameters: 27mm (10 Reichmarks), 22mm (5 Reichmarks). Fair-poor condition. Lower part of 5 Reichmarks coin is broken.
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Numismatics – Coins, Banknotes, Medals
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Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $250
Unsold
A medal issued by Italian Jewry, to commemorate the defeat of the Nazis and the survival of the Jewish people, 1945.
The medal was designed by the Italian sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi. Obverse: A lightning bolt striking and splitting an axe bearing a swastika which is stuck in a broken tree, with a young tree growing in the background, surrounded by the inscription (in Latin, from Seneca): "Sequitur superbos ultor a tergo deus" ["The avenging god follows in the steps of the proud"]. Reverse: Menorah with the word 'Israel' in Hebrew, surrounded by the Latin inscription "Numquam exstinguetur" ["Never suppressed"].
Diameter: 30 mm. Hanger. Very good condition.
The medal was designed by the Italian sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi. Obverse: A lightning bolt striking and splitting an axe bearing a swastika which is stuck in a broken tree, with a young tree growing in the background, surrounded by the inscription (in Latin, from Seneca): "Sequitur superbos ultor a tergo deus" ["The avenging god follows in the steps of the proud"]. Reverse: Menorah with the word 'Israel' in Hebrew, surrounded by the Latin inscription "Numquam exstinguetur" ["Never suppressed"].
Diameter: 30 mm. Hanger. Very good condition.
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Numismatics – Coins, Banknotes, Medals
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Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $250
Unsold
1. A master die for a medal: "Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem". Diameter: 35 mm.
2. A master die for a medal: "Peace be within thy Walls". Diameter: 27 mm.
2. A master die for a medal: "Peace be within thy Walls". Diameter: 27 mm.
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Numismatics – Coins, Banknotes, Medals
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Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
July 16, 2014
Opening: $700
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Gold medal – Luzern Yeshivah, 1968.
Obverse: Yeshivah building and inscription "Schweiz Talmud Hochschule Jeschiwa Luzern".
Reverse: "Inauguration of the Yeshivah 1968" and "Etz HaHaim…".
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 12.5 gram.
Obverse: Yeshivah building and inscription "Schweiz Talmud Hochschule Jeschiwa Luzern".
Reverse: "Inauguration of the Yeshivah 1968" and "Etz HaHaim…".
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 12.5 gram.
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