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

Medal – Kaiser Wilhelm II's Voyage to Palestine, 1898

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. 
Journey of Kaiser Wilhelm II to the Holy Land
Journey of Kaiser Wilhelm II to the Holy Land