Germany > 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...
Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5
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Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5
Our new mail auction opens 1 Oct. and runs until 20:00 Israel-time on Wed. Oct. 25th. The sale features a nicely developed and balanced selection of 661 lots of high quality items covering ancient to modern numismatics & exonumia; Judaica (religious books, Rabbinic letters and signatures, Hassidic items, medallic items and ephemera) and Judaic tokens & medals; Israeliana; Jewish, Israeli & Arabian militaria and philately. There are 661 single-item and multiple-item lots, something for every taste and interest. More information is available here.
The philatelic offering is our best yet, highlighted by an extraordinary assembly of postal history documenting the Arab-Israeli conflict (1947 to present); WWII postal links w/Palestine; ‘Baghdad overland mail’; 1948-era mail incl. Israeli interim-period, emergency + early foreign postal links, besieged towns, early postage dues & mail of Arab armies in Palestine; Mandate & Israeli postal history; Mandate cachets & postal markings; Red Cross & POW mail; censored mail; British WWI EEF mail from Egypt; rare Jerusalem postmarks; Jewish/Zionist stamps; Jewish Brigade & displaced persons mail.
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Lot #50072LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues
France > 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...
Lot #50073LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues
Germany > 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...
Lot #50074LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues
Romania: 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...
Lot #50075LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues
Netherlands: 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...
Lot #50076LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues
Pin from opening ceremony of "Hebrew College" (Hebrew University), 1925; not maker-marked (probably Bezalel); 2.75 x 7cm, 4.95g. Depicts original structure of college (corner stone laid 1918), w/Heb. dates of opening on top corners "7 Nisan | 5685" (1 April 1925) & 2-lined Heb. leg. below, "Opening of the Hebrew College in Jerusalem". Ceremony occurred 7 years after laying of cornerstone; founding fathers were Rabbi Judah...
Lot #50077LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues
Romania: "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...
Lot #50078LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues
Netherlands > 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...
Lot #50079LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues
Czechoslovakia: 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...
Lot #50080LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues
Netherlands 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...
Lot #50081LA - Numismatics > Institutions & Synagogues
Spain > 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...
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