SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid Sale

France: medal of Moses by Roger Henri Courroy (1912-2011), 1971; in copper-finished bronze; size: 7.15cm; weight: 222.55g. Obverse depicts Moses sitting, with each of two Tables of the Commandments on either side, and rays emanating from above him. Obverse depicts image snake intertwined on a tree (Rod/Staff of Asclepius?) with the Jews crossing the Red Sea in the background, and rays of lightning from the sky; Courroy's name...

Germany > Augsburg: silver medal of appreciation to Ludwig Bauer, 1910; not maker-marked; size: 36.25mm; weight: 16.9g. Obv.: wreathed legend: "Herrn Justizrat Ludwig Bauer in Anerkennung 30 Jähriger Verdienstvoller Wirksamkeit Als i. Vorstand. die Israel. Gemeinde 5. Febr. 1910." ['Lord Justice Ludwig Bauer in Recognition of 30 years of meritorious activity as the Executive Offer of the Jewish Community Augsburg']. Rev.:...

Germany > Hamburg: Gabriel Riesser homage medal in bronze, 1836; by Gottfried Loos & L. Held; size: 59.5mm; weight: 109.85g. Obv.: religious Knowledge nursing two babies + 2 'midwives' (Judaism & Christianity) on either side; legend (Malachi Ch. 2 v. 10): "Have we not all one Father - Has not one G-d created us". Rev. dedication: "The soldier of justice and freedom For Dr. Gabriel Riesser His Hamburg coreligionists...

Germany: 25th anniversary bibliophile bronze commemoration medal for Gustav Kirstein, 1929, by Bruno Eyermann; size: 50.5mm; weight: 51.4g. Obv.: female holding owl; German leg. "25 Jahre Bibliophilen Abend + Leipzig + 1904 1929". Rev.: left-facing Kirstein; Ger. leg. "Gustav Kirstein Dem Bibliophilen" ['Gustav Kirstein The Bibliophile']. Issued by the most presigious bibliophilic association in Germany, the "Leipziger...

Hungary: Albert Einstein uniface bronze medal by László Csontos, ND; size: 92.25mm; weight: 170.4g. Csontos (born 1925) made a series of large uniface portrait medals of famous men of science, but his depiction of Einstein is the most original and artistic.
Ungarn: Albert Einstein Uniface-Bronzemedaille von László Csontos, ND; Größe: 92,25 mm; Gewicht: 170,4 g. Csontos (geb. in 1925) machte eine Reihe...

Israel: "Mendele Mocher Sforim" (Sholem Yankev Abramovich) - 'Mendele the Book Seller' uniface portrait bronze medal by Shmuel Kretchmer, ND; size: 45.5mm; weight: 54.9g.
Israel: "Mendele Moicher Sforim" (Sholem Yankel Abramovich) - 'Mendele der Buch-Verkäufer' Porträt, Uniface-Bronzemedaille von Shmuel Kretschmer, ND; Größe: 45,5 mm; Gewicht: 54,9 g.

Israel: [President] Yitzhak Ben-Zvi plaque by Yehuda Hershkovitz, ND (circa. 1952-1963); cast brass or brass-plated bronze with laquered surface; size: 11.1 x 15.85cm; weight: 511g. Obverse depicts relief image of a famous pose of Ben-Zvi (credited to December 1952, when he took office), set against a lined background with his name in Hebrew below. On reverse concave impression of where the relief surface is raised, "Made in...

Israel: Rothschild / Knesset building numbered (285 out of 4974) silver State Medal, 1966; by Paul Vincze; size: 45mm; weight: 40g. In AU+: light surface mark on reverse.
Israel: Rothschild / Knesset-Gebäude nummerierte (285 von 4974) staatliche Silbermedaille, 1966; von Paul Vincze; Größe: 45 mm; Gewicht: 40 g. In UNZ+: leichte Oberflächenmarke auf Rückseite.

Israel: Theodore Herzl centennary commemorative tallion; not maker-marked; silver gilded brass(?); size: 31.25 x 34.5mm; weight: 15.4g. Obverse depicts left-facing head of Herzl with bilingual English-Hebrew legend "Theodore Herzl•הרצל [Herzl in Hebrew] # 1860-1960". On reverse a grid depicting the emblems of the Twelve Tribes of Israel within two wreaths, with the name "Israel" in Hebrew above and in English below; the area...

Israel: Ze'ev Jabotinsky 20th anniversary of death commemorative medal in silver, 1960, by Shmuel Kretchmer; size: 33.25mm; weight: 24.4g. Obverse depicts bas-relief of left-facing Jabotinsky with his name and dates of birth and death in Hebrew. On reverse bas-relief of Israel and both banks of the Jordan river, with quotation from Jabotinsky's poem (oddly, laid out from left to right), "This one is ours - and that is as well...

Italy: Sir Moses Montefiore centennary medal, 1884; unmarked (maybe Löwenstark & Sons); struck in bronze; size: 4.25cm; weight: 27.1g. Obv.: Montefiore w/Heb. leg. "My servant Moses is Faithful in All Mine House" [Numbers xii. 7]. Rev.: 7-line It. leg. "To Moses Montefiore, A Perfect Image of Judaism in his Centennary, 8th [day of month of] Cheshvan 5645 [27 Oct. 1884]". Maybe struck at Turin per Brettauer or Corfu per...

Palestine - Chaim Arlozorov uniface memorial plaquette by Meir Gur-Aryeh (Bezalel School, Jerusalem), circa. 1933; size: 39.25 x 59.75mm; weight: 39.25g: left facing Arlozorov with the Hebrew title "BeDamekha Hayai" ['From your death I live on'] top left & Hebrew dates of birth / death bottom left; Arlozorov's signature is at the base, and the artist's initials (MG) below the bust. The plaque is made of two parts, the...