Auction 36 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals

Medal – "Relief Society for Hungarian Jews", 1940

Opening: $200
Sold for: $325
Including buyer's premium
Medal granted to donors for the OMZSA organization [Orszagos Magyar Zsido Segito Akcio] – Relief society for Jews of Hungary. Cast bronze. Hungary, 1940.
Obverse: relief of a mother and child, and an inscription in Hungarian: "Testvéremet Ne Hagyd El"[do not forsake your brother]. Stamped: O. Strasser [Örkényi István Strasser].
Reverse: the OMZSA emblem (with Tablets of the Law) and inscription in Hungarian stating that the medal is granted as a prize for a donation, and the Jewish year 5700 (1940). The name of the donor (the recipient of the medal) does not appear on the medal.
Diameter: 77 mm. Contained in a box.
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