Medals: Jewish History - Coin Auctions
 Lot 157 - Medals: Jewish History - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleItaly: "Jewish Communities Act" blackened bronze medal, 1930 by Jewish medallist Arrigo Minerbi (1881-1961); minted by Stefano Johnson, Milano; size: 72mm; thickness: 4.5mm; weight: 148g. Obverse: Italian legend "Vittorio Emanuelle III Re Benito Mussolini capo del governo le comunita Ebraiche d'Italia a ricordo | della Legge 30 x 1930 ix"; emblems of Royalty and Fascist Party. Reverse: Italian legend "Senza la legge cielo e terra crolle rebbero" ['Without the law, sky and earth would fall']; Jewish 'Menorah' and the Tablets of the Ten Commandments. The law standardized the legal status of the Jewish communities; regulated their activities, and stated that all those considered Jews by Jewish law automatically belonged to the community - making it easier in later years (1938) to institute anti-Semitic laws. A gold version of this medal was presented in May 1931 by a delegation of Jewish leaders to the King, to Mussolini and to other authorities. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleMedals: Jewish History |
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 Lot 163 - Medals: Jewish History - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleIsrael: "Tisha Be'Av" ('9th of Av') silver art medal, ND (1961); maker-marked Kretchmer; size: 33.25mm; weight: 23.75g. Obverse bears Hebrew quotation from Song of Songs, "Behold, He Standeth Behind our Wall", around the edge, and an quotation from Yalkut Shimoni in center, with Menorah and sun(?) devices below: "Behind the Western Wall of the Temple, Which Will Never be Destroyed". On reverse a bas-relief of wailing Jews in mourning during the 9th of Av fast, with legend in Hebrew around (quotation from dirges/lamentations recited on the occasion): "On this Night Will my Children Cry and Lament | Tisha Be'Av". The rim is marked "935" (silver) and stamped with the dedication "Union of Judaica Collectors, Israel, 5721 [1961]". In BU, with luster and patina; obverse has light hairlines from die-crack. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleMedals: Jewish History |
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 Lot 158 - Medals: Jewish History - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleIsrael: 10 Lira "Let My People Go" silver commemorative medal, 1971; by Jacob Zim, minted in Jerusalem (Star mintmark); size: 37mm; weight: 26g. In BU, with light oxidation in places from exposure to air. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleMedals: Jewish History |
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 Lot 153 - Medals: Jewish History - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleGermany: Commemoration of German Revolution, 1848; by Gottfried Drentwett; struck in tin; size: 37.5mm; weight: 16.65g. Obverse: legend "Errungenschaft Des Bayrisch: Volkes" ('umlaut' on "Y" rather than "A"), ['Achievements of the Bavarian Peoples']; 8 wreaths each highlighting key accomplishment of the revolution, one of which is "emancipation of the Jews". Reverse: right facing King Ludwig I of Bavaria. Plain rim, medal alignment. These medals are usually found with a reverse image of two figures shaking hands over the "constitution". Ref: "Mittheilungen... Bayerischen Numismatischen..." 1885 ed., #76 (p.45). In VF. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleMedals: Jewish History |
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 Lot 164 - Medals: Jewish History - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleUS: 350th Anniversary of Jewish Life in America, 2004, numbered commemorative medal; struck in bronze; by Dana Krinsky (Israel); weight: 248.4g; size: 76mm; thickness: 7mm. Obverse depicts a group of immigrants moving towards the horizon (the artist describes the lines in between as representing the American flag), with legend in English above and it's Biblical equivalent in Hebrew below; on reverse a city skyline set against a portion of a letter written by George Washington to Newport's Jewish congregation (Touro Synagogue), and slogan of the event at base. This is the official medal of the "Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History" (formed in 2002); numbered 679 on rim. In UNC. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleMedals: Jewish History |
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 Lot 159 - Medals: Jewish History - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleUS: American Jewish Congress in Philadelphia delegates token, 1920; silvered bronze(?); by Popular E&M Co. of NY; size: 34mm; weight: 9.65g. Founded in 1918 by a group of Jewish American leaders dissatisfied with the "American Jewish Committee", to represent American Jewish interests at the Versailles Conference, & convened at Independence Hall in Phil. to draft a program for submission. After this Congress the AJC was supposed to disband; it did and was resurrected the next day under the chairmanship of Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise (Reform/Zionist Rabbi), as a permanent institution to represent American Jewry in domestic & international affairs. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleMedals: Jewish History |
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 Lot 154 - Medals: Jewish History - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleGermany: Commemoration of German Revolution, 1848; by Gottfried Drentwett; struck in bronze; size: 37.5mm; weight: 17.4g; medal align. Obverse: legend "Errungenschaft Des Bayrisch: Volkes" ('umlaut' on "Y", not "A"), ['Achievements of the Bavarian Peoples']; 8 wreaths each highlighting key accomplishment of the revolution, one of which is "emancipation of the Jews". Reverse: two men released from shackles shaking hands & swearing oath over "Constitution"; legend "Vereinigung Für Volkes Rechte - Für Volkes Wohl." ("association for peoples rights - for peoples well being"). In AU-UNC. Ref: "Mittheil. Bayer. Numis..." 1885 ed., #76 p45. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleMedals: Jewish History |
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 Lot 160 - Medals: Jewish History - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleUS: "Jewish Day - Century of Progress" exhibition medal, Chicago, 1933; by A. Carmi(?); struck in brass; weight: 10.9g; size: 32mm. Obverse depicts Star of David with Hebrew date for year "5693"; artist's name lightly engraved between the swirls of the design; on reverse image of Moses bearing the Tablets descending Mount Sinai and legend in Hebrew "And Moses Descended Unto the People". The "Jewish Day" is recorded by some observers as "the greatest Jewish spectacle ever staged in Chicago", and it took place on July 3, 1933, at Soldier Field, before more than 125,000 people. It was sponsored by the Jewish Agency for Palestine (the quasi-governmental authority of the Jewish community in Palestine), with the President of the Zionist Congress, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, specially invited as the keynote speaker. The musical-theatrical pageant "The Romance of A People" was the culminating event of the day (which took five years to plan) which commemorated Jewish contributions to the city of Chicago since its founding in 1833. The "Jewish Day" was one of around 24 such days planned by the Fair Committee to commemorate the contributions of various nationalities which comprised the city of Chicago - as the Jews identified themselves closely with Palestine, the Jewish Agency was involved in the organizations and hence the themes of the event and this token. In AU with some surface residue from coin holder. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleMedals: Jewish History |
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 Lot 155 - Medals: Jewish History - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleGermany > Bavaria: Souvenir token of the March 1848 revolution, c. 1849; silver-finished tin(?); not maker-marked; size: 30mm; weight: 8.55g; thickness: 2.25mm. Obverse: 3-lined German legend within wreath: "Erinnerung an den 6. März 1848" ('Momento of the 6th of March 1848'). Reverse: 11-line German legend listing the accomlishments of the revolution, including Jewish emancipation ("Judenemancipation."). Possibly issued by the 'Fourty Eighters' (defeated revolutionaries) after the defeat of the revolution at the hands of the aristocracy. Ref: Josef Hauser "Die Münzen und Medaillen... München", 1905; p. 158 #512 (listed in bronze). Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleMedals: Jewish History |
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 Lot 161 - Medals: Jewish History - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleUS: Prisoner of Conscience ("Refusnik") medal commemorating Boris Penson; 24.5g: obverse depicts Star of David enchained with lock bearing symbol of the Soviet Union and legend in English and Hebrew "Let My People Go"; obverse bears name of Boris Pension on raised "plaque" above legend "USSR Prisoner of Conscience" ('refusnik'). Issued by the American "Union Council for Soviet Jewry" (UCSJ) duried period of Communist anti-Zionism/religion; commemorates Penson, a Latvian 'refusnik' who in June 1970 attempted to hijack a domestic flight, to reach Sweden ("Operation Wedding"/"Dymshits-Kuznetsov hijacking affair"). The group was arrested & Penson sentenced to 10 years in a labor camp though finally released in 1979 and emigrated to Israel where he continues to work and teach in the field of art. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleMedals: Jewish History |
