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 Lot 50071LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues - Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Germany > Prussia > Breslau: Jewish Wilhelm School (Wilhelmschule) silver token, 1791; not maker-marked; 21mm, 2.25g. Commemorates foundation of Jewish Wilhelmschule of Breslau. Although school was supported by Prussian-Jewish aristocrat Lippmann Meyer, local insecurity over anti-Semitism led the community to pay homage instead to the Christian minister, Count Karl von Hoym (German legend: "Vom Grafen Hoym Veredelt"), who made the existence of the school possible and who gave the Jews a new constitution in 1790 (JM-70 and 137). Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues |
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 Lot 50077LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues - Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Romania: "ZION-JOBB" [freemason?] fraternity medal, commemorating 30 years to its foundation, 1903; not maker marked. Obv: Start of David with leg. "17. ZION-J.O.B.B 1873-1903 Fraternitatea I 380 Feb."; rev: Star of David with emblematic device above & letters "C.F.A." below. Sources mention a "Zion Lodge" in connection to the Jewish community, and a forerunner to the Bnai Brith fraternity, called the "Brotherhood of Zion Society" was founded in 1872 - this may be related to it. 32.5mm; 18.8g. Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues |
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 Lot 50072LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues - Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5France > Bordeaux: Consistorial Synagogue of Bordeaux, 1810; by Jaley; in pewter; size: 35mm; weight: 23.55g. Commemoriates the founding of the Sephardic Jewish Synagogue in the city. Obv. leg. "Consistorial Synagogue of Bordeaux". Rev. leg. "Built in 1810 under the reign of Napoleon the Great". On obv. there are signs of an earlier strike on the planchet (about 15 degree angle leftward); on rev. some light scratchs on upper left. This is one of only two known French Synagogue medals to have been struck before the fall of Napoleon; JM-71 & 138. Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues |
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 Lot 50078LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues - Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Netherlands > Amsterdam: 350th Anniv. of Jewish (Ashkenazi) Community of Amsterdam comm. bronze medal, 1985; not maker-marked; 40.25mm, 30.55g. obv: symbol of community - a Star of David with the Hebrew letters "Kaf-Alef-Alef" ("Kehilat Ashkenaz Amsterdam") & Dutch leg. "Joodse Gemeente Amsterdam (NIHS) 1635 1985). Rev: facade of "New Synagogue" ("Nieuwe Synagoge") w/Heb. dates "5396 5746" (eg. 1635 and 1985, after Rosh HaShana) & Heb. leg. "In the City of Amsterdam". In AU with surface lacquer. Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues |
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 Lot 50073LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues - Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Germany > Hanover: uniface bronze medallion of Board of Jewish Community in Hannover, c. 1870-1880s; 44.5mm, 19.1g. Coat of arms of Hanover with lions on either side, and community's name written around: "Vorstand der Israelitischen Gemeinde zu Hannover". Probably affixed to an official object belonging to the Board; its est. date relates to time of growth in community: after emancipation of Jews of Hanover (1866), est. of the large Synagogue (1865-1870) & rise in Jewish population, to 3500 (1880). Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues |
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 Lot 50079LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues - Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Czechoslovakia: 700th Anniversary of Altneuschul ("Old-New" Synagogue) bronze comm. medal, 1990, by Jiri Vaclav Hampl; 60mm, 83.7g. Obv: Altneuschul building & dates 1290 | 1990 + Czech/Heb leg. "700 Years for the Altneuschul". Rev: Star of David w/Swedish cap in center, abv. gravestones of the old Jewish cemetery & Czech leg. "The Jewish Religious Community in Prague". Sw. Cap & SoD reference such flag presented to Jew. Comm. by Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand II to thank it for its aid in defending city from beseiging Swedish army during Thirty Years War (1618-48) & still hangs from center pillars of Synagogue. Medal issued c. Sept 1990 for sale by State Jewish Museum of Prague to raise funds, as it returned to private control & stopped receiving state support. Hampl (b. 1929) has extensive medallic portfolio & this medal chief Jew. theme; also Memorial to Children's Victims of War in Lidice. Oxidation mark on obv. & sm. on rev. Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues |
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 Lot 50074LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues - Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Romania: Sephardic Jewish Communitee 200th Jubilee medal, 1931; struck in gilded bronze(?); 28.25 x 31.5mm, 10.45g. Obv.: Ten Commands & Menorah; Rom. leg. "Jubileul de Două Sute ani de la Întemeierea Comunităţii 1730-1930" ("Two Hundred Years Jubilee to the foundation of the Community 1730-1930"). Rev.: Star of David & "Shadday" ("G-d") + Heb. leg. "Jews of Sephardic Ethnicity Bucharest" & Rom. leg. "Comunitatea Israeliţilor de rit Spaniol din Bucureşti" ("Jewish Community of Spanish Origin in Bucharest"). Commemorates est. of Sephardic Jewish presence in Bucharaest per date of official recognition of Jewish [& Sephardic] residence of banker Mentes Bally & physician Daniel de Fonseca. In AU with a few minor rim nicks. Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues |
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 Lot 50080LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues - Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Netherlands Antilles/Curacao: Synagogue Mikvé Israel-Emanuel ("Snoa") uniface bronze commem. medal (ND), c. 1982-1997; not maker-marked; 45.5mm, 58.3g. Depicts exterior of Synagogue building w/foundation date 1732 below. This is the oldest Synagogue in the Americas, congregation dates from 1651; this was the 5th & final Temple built by the Jewish community. Congregation also known as "Snoa" (shorthand for Portuguese "Esnoga" - "Synagogue"). Medal may date from 1982 - Synagogue's 250th anniversary; may also date from 1997, when its home-town, Willemstad was declared a Unesco World Heritage City. Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues |
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 Lot 50075LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues - Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Netherlands: cast silver spoon commemorating 250th Anniversary of Portuguese -Jewish Synagogue, 1925; by E.L. Molenberg & Zoon (Groningen); 37.75 x 123mm, 25.55g. On finial 'eagle protecting brood' as per design on Synagogue; relief image of building on spoon base; leg. above "KKTT 5435" ='Kahal Kadosh Talmud Torah 1675' (Sacred Assembly Students of the Torah, 1925) & below "Portug[ees] -Israel[itische] Synagoge Amsterdam" (maker mark above). Community est. 1639 when 3 Spanish communities merged to form "Talmud Torah" Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam. Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues |
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 Lot 50081LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues - Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Spain > Madrid: Madrid & Toledo Synagogues commemoration, 1968; struck in tombak; not maker-marked; 45mm; 35.9g. Obv: coat of arms of Castile & León autonomous region w/Sp. leg. around "Aun Suenan Los Rezos de Aquellos Hermanos Que en Tiempos Pasados Pisaban tus Piedras" & "Toledo [1357 in Roman numerals] Sinagoga" in exergue. Rev: torch + Heb. leg. "Netzakh Israel Lo Yishaker" (The Destiny of the People of Israel will not Lie) & dedication in center, "Holy Congregation of Madrid | Dedication of Synagogue | Hanukka 5729". In same year Franco govt. repealed 1492 decree of expulsion of Spanish Jews; in 1967 govt. passed "Religious Freedom Law" enabling the Madrid Jewish community to est. new "Beit [Beth] Yaakov" Synagogue (probably one commemorated by this medal). Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues |
