(see also #747)
1578 Copper medal, 30mm diam., obverse depicts lion's battle w/another animal, w/Latin text, reverse - David & Goliath & the text "You alone with God will be victorious";
f - vf
Welcome to our 42nd Auction. The enclosed list of Prices Realized of our 41st Auction, held on November 26 2014, shows that it was a most successful sale with most areas selling well. There is a strong demand for good quality items.
(see also #747)
1578 Copper medal, 30mm diam., obverse depicts lion's battle w/another animal, w/Latin text, reverse - David & Goliath & the text "You alone with God will be victorious";
f - vf
17th century non-Jewish Silver medal w/Biblical images, relief of Joseph, Daniel, Samuel & Tobias, w/German text "Humble like Joseph, wise like Daniel, sharp like Tobias & loyal like Samuel", 22gr Silver, 37mm diam.; vf
Moses - 2 Bronze Medals ca. 17th century by Joachimsthal, Bohemia, 37.6mm, 42.20gr. Bearded bust of Moses facing left in 1st & right in 2nd medal. Reverse: Four lines inscription of the second Commandment in Hebrew, nicely cast; vf (x2)
1827 - 5 Bronze Medals - by Barre Paris depicting King David, Aaron Ha'Cohen & Moses (last 2 - 2 of each w/diff. details) all w/Hebrew inscriptions. On obverse the portraits & on reverse a harp for David, the Arc of Convent for Aaron & the Ten Commandments for Moses, diameter 33mm; vf (x5)
1863 Yitzhak Noach Manheimer - Austria - medal to commemorate his 70th birthday, cast Bronze, 50mm diam., his portrait on face & a verse from Psalms on back; fine
Gold coin, Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire) - Julius Popper, 1889. Obverse: The legend "Tierra del Fuego" and "Popper". Reverse: Pick-axe and hammer and 'AU 864 AG 732'. Surrounding legend: "El Paramo, Un Gramo". Julius Popper (1857-1893), Jewish-Romanian engineer, urban planner, explorer and cartographer, was a central figure during the "Gold Rush" period in Tierra del Fuego. In 1886, following news about discovery of gold in...
1898 Kaiser Wilhelm Orientreise medal, 34mm diam., the Royal Flag Ship on back; VF
1899/1900 Alfred Dreyfus medallion 28.5mm diam., Copper, face also depicting E. Zola & F. Labori, back: Esterhazy & Paty de Clam; vf
1924 Beyrouth University Saint-Joseph graduate medallion (medicine) for Avichail Deutch - all this on back, front w/portrait of Hippocrate, Bronze, 40mm diam., by E. Rogat; vf
350 Years of Jewish Life in America (1654 - 2004) commemorative medal, Silver 999, 8 oz., 24K Gold plated, by Dona Krinsky #0051 of 1000 struck; UNC
Italy - 1945 Anti-Nazi Medallion against the Jewish massacre by the Nazis, front depicting broken Nazi hack hit by a lightning & a Swastika, back shows Menorah w/Star of David & "Israel" in Hebrew, medal by Aurelio Mistruzzi (in the plate), was granted to A. Dagani - Milano, 32mms diam.;
f -vf & Rare, sold lately in Ebay for €600
5 tokens issued by Jewish merchants & organizations:
a) 2 tokens issued by Joseph Brothers, jewelers from San Francisco (1850's), b) Token issued by Piesse & Lubin, perfume manufacturers in London; c) Token issued by the Birmingham Hebrew Social Club; d) Token issued by Adler & Co.; f - vf (x5)
6 Anti-Semitic medals, Germany & England, ca. 1920'/30': a) Jewish man, shaking the hand of a soldier headed to the battlefield, on reverse Jewish man throwing a coin to a beggar, diam. 44mm & a loop for hanging; b) A Jew pushing a soldier to a battlefield, diam. 45mm; c-e) 3 identical medals (2 made of Aluminum & 1 of Bronze) 1923. Struck by Fritz Hornlein. A fat naked Jew sitting on a bushel of corn, diam. 37mm...
Socialist Revolution in Bavaria 5 satiric Bronze medals designed by Karl Goetz, Germany, ca. 1918-1920.Kurt Eisner's figure appears on 2 of the medals. Eisner, a Jewish pacifist, leader of the socialistic revolution in Bavaria, diam. 56mm; vf (x5)
Mixed lot of 100 Judaica Medals - 92 Bronze & 8 Silver, diff. sizes, topics incl.: Jerusalem, Jewish Personalities, Synagogues, JNF, Military & ZAHAL, Holocaust, Jewish Institutions & more; vf (x100)
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