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
Five Jewish Medals – 18th-20th Centuries – Portrait Medal of Rabbi Isaac Mannheimer of Vienna, 1863
Opening: $400
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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.
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