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lot # 121 - Medals: Jewish Personalities

Tuesday Apr 09, 2019 20:00 Asia/Jerusalem

Germany: 25th anniversary bibliophile bronze commemoration medal for Gustav Kirstein, 1929, by Bruno Eyermann; size: 50.5mm; weight: 51.4g. Obverse: female holding owl; German legend "25 Jahre Bibliophilen Abend + Leipzig + 1904 1929". Reverse: left-facing Kirstein; German legend "Gustav Kirstein Dem Bibliophilen" ['Gustav Kirstein The Bibliophile']. Issued by the most presigious bibliophilic association in Germany, the "Leipziger Bibliophilen-Abend". Kirstein (d. 1934) was a Jewish author; co-manager of EA Seemann Verlag, 1904, and helped turn it into into one of the leading art publishers in Germany; Forrer v.7 p.285.
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Product Tags: German Exonumia, Medals, Medallions & Tokens, Jewish Personalities and Judaic Tokens & Medals from Germany and from 20th Century, 1920s which are Object Related Specifically to a Personality or Key Event

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