Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Token - Jewish Community in Mattersdorf, Hungary

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Token - Jewish community of Mattersdorf. Mattersdorf (Hungary), [19th century].
Obverse: two branches and the legend "IGM" [Israelitische Gemeinde Mattersdorf]. Reverse: two branches and the legend "קמד" [Hebrew abbreviation of "Mattersdorf Community"]. Apparently this a kosher slaughtering token.
Diameter: ca. 25 mm.
See: catalogue, "Jewish Tradition in Art, the Feuchtwenger Collection of Judaica" by Dr. Yesha'ayahu Shachar (Jerusalem: Israel Museum, 1971), item 164a.
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