Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
July 19, 2022
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
Including buyer's premium
Medal (commemorative coin), issued on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm II's visit to Palestine, 1898. German.
Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria. Legend: "Gedenkthaler zur Palastinafahrt des Deutschen Kaiserpaares".
Reverse: Church of the Redeemer. Legend: "Zur Einweihung der evang. Erlöserkirche in Jerusalem, Reformationsfest 1898" [on the occasion of the consecration of the Evangelical Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem, Reformation Day 1898].
Diameter: 35 mm.
Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria. Legend: "Gedenkthaler zur Palastinafahrt des Deutschen Kaiserpaares".
Reverse: Church of the Redeemer. Legend: "Zur Einweihung der evang. Erlöserkirche in Jerusalem, Reformationsfest 1898" [on the occasion of the consecration of the Evangelical Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem, Reformation Day 1898].
Diameter: 35 mm.
Category
Journey of Kaiser Wilhelm II to the Holy Land
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Unsold
Silver medal (commemorative coin), issued on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm II's visit to Palestine, 1898. German.
Obverse: bust of the Kaiser in helmet (facing left). Legend: "Wilhelm II Deutscher Kaiser".
Reverse: Church of the Redeemer. Legend: "Einweihung der Erlöserkirche in Jerusalem, 31. Octbr. 1898" [Consecration of the Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem, 31 October 1898]. Legend on rim: "Palästina Segensmünze".
Diameter: 35 mm.
Obverse: bust of the Kaiser in helmet (facing left). Legend: "Wilhelm II Deutscher Kaiser".
Reverse: Church of the Redeemer. Legend: "Einweihung der Erlöserkirche in Jerusalem, 31. Octbr. 1898" [Consecration of the Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem, 31 October 1898]. Legend on rim: "Palästina Segensmünze".
Diameter: 35 mm.
Category
Journey of Kaiser Wilhelm II to the Holy Land
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Unsold
Silver medal (commemorative coin), issued on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm II's visit to Palestine, 1898. German.
Obverse: the Kaiser, mounted on a horse. Legend: "Wilhelm II Deutscher Kaiser".
Reverse: interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Legend: "Das Heilige Grab / Reise S.M. des Kaisers nach Jerusalem, Okt. 1898". Legend on rim: "Eine Gedenkmünze" [commemorative coin].
Diameter: 35 mm.
Obverse: the Kaiser, mounted on a horse. Legend: "Wilhelm II Deutscher Kaiser".
Reverse: interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Legend: "Das Heilige Grab / Reise S.M. des Kaisers nach Jerusalem, Okt. 1898". Legend on rim: "Eine Gedenkmünze" [commemorative coin].
Diameter: 35 mm.
Category
Journey of Kaiser Wilhelm II to the Holy Land
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Unsold
Silver medal (commemorative coin), issued on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm II's visit to Palestine, 1898. German.
Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria (facing right). Legend: "Gedenkthaler zur Palastinafahrt des Deutschen Kaiserpaares".
Reverse: female figure holding two wreaths. Legend: "Gott, der Allmachtige, gab sein Geleite! / Ruckkunft 26. Nov. 1898".
Diameter: 35 mm.
Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria (facing right). Legend: "Gedenkthaler zur Palastinafahrt des Deutschen Kaiserpaares".
Reverse: female figure holding two wreaths. Legend: "Gott, der Allmachtige, gab sein Geleite! / Ruckkunft 26. Nov. 1898".
Diameter: 35 mm.
Category
Journey of Kaiser Wilhelm II to the Holy Land
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Unsold
Medal, issued on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm II's visit to Palestine, 1898.
Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria (facing right). Legend: "Wilhelm II Kaiser, Augusta Victoria Kaiserin v. Deutschland".
Reverse: the legend "Zur Erinnerung an die Kaiserreise nach den Morgenlande Jerusalem 1898" [in memory of the Kaiser's voyage to the Orient, 1898].
Diameter: 30 mm. Suspension loop.
Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria (facing right). Legend: "Wilhelm II Kaiser, Augusta Victoria Kaiserin v. Deutschland".
Reverse: the legend "Zur Erinnerung an die Kaiserreise nach den Morgenlande Jerusalem 1898" [in memory of the Kaiser's voyage to the Orient, 1898].
Diameter: 30 mm. Suspension loop.
Category
Journey of Kaiser Wilhelm II to the Holy Land
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $400
Unsold
Four medals, issued on the occasion of the visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II to Palestine, 1898. German.
1. Silver medal. Obverse: bust of the Kaiser with a helmet, facing left. Legend: Wilhelm II Deutscher Kaiser. Reverse: Church of the Redeemer. Legend: "Einweihung der Erlöserkirche in Jerusalem, 31. Octbr. 1898" [Dedication of the Church of the Redeemer…]. Another legend on the rim: "Palästina Segensmunze."
Diameter: 35 mm.
2. Silver medal. Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria, facing right. Legend: "Gedenkthaler zur Palästinafahrt des Deutschen Kaiserpaares." Reverse: female figure holding two wreaths. Legend: "Gott, der Allmachtige, gab sein Geleite! / Rukkunft 26. Nov. 1898."
Diameter: 35 mm.
3. Silver medal. Obverse: the Kaiser mounted on a horse. Legend: "Wilhelm II Deutscher Kaiser." Reverse: interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Legend: "Das Heilige Grab / Reize S.M. des Kaisers nach Jerusalem, Okt. 1898." Another legend on the rim: "Eine Gedenkmünze" [commemorative coin].
Diameter: 34 mm.
4. Medal. Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria, facing right. Legend: "Wilhelm II Kaiser, Augusta Victoria Kaiserin v. Deutschland." Reverse legend – "Zur Erinnerung an die Kaiserreise nach den Morgenlande Jerusalem 1898." [in memory of the Kaiser's voyage to the Orient…]
Diameter: 29 mm; suspension loop.
1. Silver medal. Obverse: bust of the Kaiser with a helmet, facing left. Legend: Wilhelm II Deutscher Kaiser. Reverse: Church of the Redeemer. Legend: "Einweihung der Erlöserkirche in Jerusalem, 31. Octbr. 1898" [Dedication of the Church of the Redeemer…]. Another legend on the rim: "Palästina Segensmunze."
Diameter: 35 mm.
2. Silver medal. Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria, facing right. Legend: "Gedenkthaler zur Palästinafahrt des Deutschen Kaiserpaares." Reverse: female figure holding two wreaths. Legend: "Gott, der Allmachtige, gab sein Geleite! / Rukkunft 26. Nov. 1898."
Diameter: 35 mm.
3. Silver medal. Obverse: the Kaiser mounted on a horse. Legend: "Wilhelm II Deutscher Kaiser." Reverse: interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Legend: "Das Heilige Grab / Reize S.M. des Kaisers nach Jerusalem, Okt. 1898." Another legend on the rim: "Eine Gedenkmünze" [commemorative coin].
Diameter: 34 mm.
4. Medal. Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria, facing right. Legend: "Wilhelm II Kaiser, Augusta Victoria Kaiserin v. Deutschland." Reverse legend – "Zur Erinnerung an die Kaiserreise nach den Morgenlande Jerusalem 1898." [in memory of the Kaiser's voyage to the Orient…]
Diameter: 29 mm; suspension loop.
Category
Journey of Kaiser Wilhelm II to the Holy Land
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $400
Unsold
Five medals. Europe, USA and Palestine, 18th to 20th centuries.
1. Token of English merchant and revolutionary Thomas Spence (1750-1814,) with a portrait of Lord George Gordon (1751-1793), after whom the anti-Catholic riots of 1780 in London, known as the Gordon Riots, were named. Gordon converted to Judaism, and spent the later years of his life as an observant Jew.
Obverse: portrait of Lord George Gordon, wearing a hat, facing left; legend: "Ld Geo Gordon Died In Newgate Nov I 1793." Reverse: "T. Spence Book Seller Dealer in Prints & Coins N. 8 Little Turnstile Holborn London."
Diameter: 29 mm.
2. Medal commemorating the 70th birthday of rabbi Isaac Noah Mannheimer (1793-1865). [Austria?, 1863].
Obverse: portrait of Isaac Mannheimer, wearing a hat, facing left; legend: "Dr. I. N. Mannheimer Prediger der Israelit. Gemeinde in Wien / Geb. Z. Kopenhagen 17 Oct. 1793." Reverse: the verse "I brought tidings of righteousness in a great assembly. Behold, I will not withhold my lips, O Lord, You know" (Psalms 40:10; Hebrew) and the legend "Zum Siebzigsten Geburtstage"
Diameter: 50 mm.
3. Medal commemorating the establishment of the colony Rishon LeZion (1882).
Obverse: view of the colony, the year 5642 (1882), and the verse "The first one to Zion, behold, behold them, and for Jerusalem I will give a herald" (Hebrew; Isaiah, 41:27), from which the name "Rishon LeZion" is derived (literally: "first one to Zion"); and the legend "Colony Rishon LeZion" (Hebrew).
Reverse: two arched gates, one featuring a sowing farmer and the other a prayer in the Western Wall. Above the figures appear the verses: "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget" (Hebrew; Psalms, 137:5) / O that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion (Hebrew; Psalms, 14:7).
Diameter: 28 mm. Suspension loop.
4. Medal minted for the Palestine pavilion in the Paris Colonial Exhibition in 1931.
Obverse: depiction of the Palestine pavilion, and the legend "Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris 1931."
Reverse: olive branch, and the legend "Palestine" (in Hebrew, English and Arabic.) marked: "L. Bazor."
Diameter: 32 mm.
5. Medal minted for the 50th anniversary of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver.
Obverse: "National Jewish Hospital at Denver Golden Anniversary." Reverse: "None may enter who can pay, None can pay who enter, 50 years of health & hope 1899-1949."
Diameter: 28 mm.
Condition varies.
1. Token of English merchant and revolutionary Thomas Spence (1750-1814,) with a portrait of Lord George Gordon (1751-1793), after whom the anti-Catholic riots of 1780 in London, known as the Gordon Riots, were named. Gordon converted to Judaism, and spent the later years of his life as an observant Jew.
Obverse: portrait of Lord George Gordon, wearing a hat, facing left; legend: "Ld Geo Gordon Died In Newgate Nov I 1793." Reverse: "T. Spence Book Seller Dealer in Prints & Coins N. 8 Little Turnstile Holborn London."
Diameter: 29 mm.
2. Medal commemorating the 70th birthday of rabbi Isaac Noah Mannheimer (1793-1865). [Austria?, 1863].
Obverse: portrait of Isaac Mannheimer, wearing a hat, facing left; legend: "Dr. I. N. Mannheimer Prediger der Israelit. Gemeinde in Wien / Geb. Z. Kopenhagen 17 Oct. 1793." Reverse: the verse "I brought tidings of righteousness in a great assembly. Behold, I will not withhold my lips, O Lord, You know" (Psalms 40:10; Hebrew) and the legend "Zum Siebzigsten Geburtstage"
Diameter: 50 mm.
3. Medal commemorating the establishment of the colony Rishon LeZion (1882).
Obverse: view of the colony, the year 5642 (1882), and the verse "The first one to Zion, behold, behold them, and for Jerusalem I will give a herald" (Hebrew; Isaiah, 41:27), from which the name "Rishon LeZion" is derived (literally: "first one to Zion"); and the legend "Colony Rishon LeZion" (Hebrew).
Reverse: two arched gates, one featuring a sowing farmer and the other a prayer in the Western Wall. Above the figures appear the verses: "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget" (Hebrew; Psalms, 137:5) / O that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion (Hebrew; Psalms, 14:7).
Diameter: 28 mm. Suspension loop.
4. Medal minted for the Palestine pavilion in the Paris Colonial Exhibition in 1931.
Obverse: depiction of the Palestine pavilion, and the legend "Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris 1931."
Reverse: olive branch, and the legend "Palestine" (in Hebrew, English and Arabic.) marked: "L. Bazor."
Diameter: 32 mm.
5. Medal minted for the 50th anniversary of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver.
Obverse: "National Jewish Hospital at Denver Golden Anniversary." Reverse: "None may enter who can pay, None can pay who enter, 50 years of health & hope 1899-1949."
Diameter: 28 mm.
Condition varies.
Category
Medals, Pins and Badges, Share Certificates, Numismatics
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $163
Including buyer's premium
Four medals and a pin, "HaKoah" and "HaGibor" sports organizations:
1. Pin of "HaGibor", Inlaid with blue and white enamel; the organization's name is flanked by a Star of David, and the year 1914. Manufacturer indicated on verso: August G. Tham (an official manufacturer of various decorations for the Nazi party).
2-4. Three medals awarded as prizes at swimming competitions of "HaKoah" club in the years 1926, 1927 and 1928. Obverse: "HaKoah" emblem surrounded by a wreath, the inscription "S.C. 'Hakoah' Schwimmfest" and the designation of the year. Reverse: on two medals – the digit I, on the third – the inscription POLO.
5. Hexagonal medal. Obverse: the emblem of "Hakoah" club, and the inscriptions "Schw. Kl. 'Hakoah' 1931, Holub-Cup II."
Size varies. Overall good condition.
1. Pin of "HaGibor", Inlaid with blue and white enamel; the organization's name is flanked by a Star of David, and the year 1914. Manufacturer indicated on verso: August G. Tham (an official manufacturer of various decorations for the Nazi party).
2-4. Three medals awarded as prizes at swimming competitions of "HaKoah" club in the years 1926, 1927 and 1928. Obverse: "HaKoah" emblem surrounded by a wreath, the inscription "S.C. 'Hakoah' Schwimmfest" and the designation of the year. Reverse: on two medals – the digit I, on the third – the inscription POLO.
5. Hexagonal medal. Obverse: the emblem of "Hakoah" club, and the inscriptions "Schw. Kl. 'Hakoah' 1931, Holub-Cup II."
Size varies. Overall good condition.
Category
Medals, Pins and Badges, Share Certificates, Numismatics
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium
Certificate, photograph and two medals issued by Betar Movement chapters in China. Tianjin and Harbin, 1931-1943.
1. Group photograph of Betar Movement youth in Tianjin, 1931. The youth are wearing the movement's uniform, and some are wearing ribbons, ranks and pins. The text on top reads "Tianjin chapter of World 'Brit Trumpeldor', 24.5.1931" (Russian).
20.5X15 cm.
2. Medal issued by Betar movement in China, to the winner in a running competition in 1934. Obverse: Betar emblem; legend: "Inter Betar, Shanghai, Tientsin, Harbin". Reverse: name of the competition.
Approx. 3X3 cm.
3. Certificate issued by Betar youth movement in Harbin, granted for winning second place in a running competition. Harbin, China, 6.6.1943. Russian (with the legend "Brit HaNo'ar HaIvri al shem Yosef Trumpeldor" in Hebrew). Ink-stamped with Betar Harbin stamp, and signed by Betar sports committee members.
[1] f., 28 cm.
4. Medal awarded to a winner in the abovementioned competition. Obverse: Betar mblem, with the legend "Betar" in Hebrew and Russian, Reverse: the name of the winner, the branch and date of competition. Approx. 2.5X3 cm. Stains.
Enclosed: A pin designed as a monogram of the letters 'ס and 'ש; possibly issued by Betar in Tianjin (the pin and the photograph come from the same source).
Condition varies. Overall good condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Medals, Pins and Badges, Share Certificates, Numismatics
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![Four pins and badges. [Palestine, early-middle 1920s].
• Badge for participants of the Haifa Shavuot celebration (1932), •](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale87/166.jpg "Four Pins and Badges – Zionism and Palestine – Early-Middle 1920s – Ca")
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $163
Including buyer's premium
Four pins and badges. [Palestine, early-middle 1920s].
• Badge for participants of the Haifa Shavuot celebration (1932), • Driver cap badge of "HaMekasher" transportation cooperative, designed by Ze'ev Raban (see lot 343). • "Speak Hebrew!" pin (round, pale blue and white). • Star of David pin, with the letter Aleph at its center; upper margins designed to resemble a wall battlement; tapering lower margins.
Size and condition vary.
• Badge for participants of the Haifa Shavuot celebration (1932), • Driver cap badge of "HaMekasher" transportation cooperative, designed by Ze'ev Raban (see lot 343). • "Speak Hebrew!" pin (round, pale blue and white). • Star of David pin, with the letter Aleph at its center; upper margins designed to resemble a wall battlement; tapering lower margins.
Size and condition vary.
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![Twelve pins – youth movements, cities, defense organizations, and more. [Palestine and the USA, ca. 1930s-1960s].
Included](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale87/167.jpg "Collection of Pins – Palestine and the USA, 1930s-1960s")
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $225
Including buyer's premium
Twelve pins – youth movements, cities, defense organizations, and more. [Palestine and the USA, ca. 1930s-1960s].
Included : • a silver pin issued in commemoration of Henrietta Szold, designed by Meir Gur Aryeh, 1945. • Pin issued for of the Levant Fair, 1936. • Pin issued for the "Shavuot" celebration in Haifa, 1933. • Two pins "For the Defense of the People." • A pin bearing the emblem of "HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed". • Two pins of the "Friends of Israel" Club, Los Angeles. • And more.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Included : • a silver pin issued in commemoration of Henrietta Szold, designed by Meir Gur Aryeh, 1945. • Pin issued for of the Levant Fair, 1936. • Pin issued for the "Shavuot" celebration in Haifa, 1933. • Two pins "For the Defense of the People." • A pin bearing the emblem of "HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed". • Two pins of the "Friends of Israel" Club, Los Angeles. • And more.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
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Medals, Pins and Badges, Share Certificates, Numismatics
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
1 Piastre Brass token of the Jewish agricultural school "Mikveh Israel" (founded in 1870).
Obverse: denomination and the legend "Mikweh Israel." Reverse: "AIU" [Alliance Israélite Universelle].
See: Sylvia Haffner, "Judaic Tokens and Medals, " item CC-4A; Isaiah Shachar, "Jewish Tradition in Art: the Feuchtwanger Collection of Judaica", the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1971. No. 741b.
According to Shachar, Mikveh Israel tokens resemble the Zikhron Ya'akov tokens [issued in 1885], and were probably minted in the same period by the same mint.
Diameter: 27 cm. EF-AU.
Obverse: denomination and the legend "Mikweh Israel." Reverse: "AIU" [Alliance Israélite Universelle].
See: Sylvia Haffner, "Judaic Tokens and Medals, " item CC-4A; Isaiah Shachar, "Jewish Tradition in Art: the Feuchtwanger Collection of Judaica", the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1971. No. 741b.
According to Shachar, Mikveh Israel tokens resemble the Zikhron Ya'akov tokens [issued in 1885], and were probably minted in the same period by the same mint.
Diameter: 27 cm. EF-AU.
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