Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5

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...

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...

Germany: Jewish circumcision ("Brit Mila") silver medal, 1837-38, by Aaron Kohn; size: 41mm; weight: 23.4g. Obverse: 7 lines of Hebrew prayer during the circumcision: "Our Lord and Lord of our forefathers sustain this child [name] for his father and mother" and "Happy will be the father by the progeny of his loins and rejoiced will be the mother by the fruit of her belly. As is written"; Kohn's name in exergue. Reverse: 4-...

Germany > Frankfurt: copper-coated bronze token for wedding of Siegmund Rosenbaum & Dora Hamburger, 1898; not maker-marked; 3.95cm, 21.4g. Obv.: Heb. leg (Song of Songs) "On the Day of Their Wedding & on the Day of Their Hearts' Happiness on A' of Rosh Chodesh Shvat [1st day month of Shvat, of year] 658 Excluding Thousand Year [w/o incl. '5' in "5658" - 24 January 1898]; 3 cities listed: Frankfurt am Main, Mannheim...

Bulgaria > Sophia: Jewish burial society "Chevra Kadisha" members metal and enamel pin in bronze(?), 1910, possibly by Strakhil Miloshev of Sophia (unmarked); size: 20.5 x 20mm; weight: 2.75g. Pentagon shaped pin: shovel & axe w/Star of David; Bulgarian leg. transliterated from Hebrew, "Chevra Kedusha(sic) Burials(?) Sofia 1910". Rev.: safety-pin + maker's mark. The Sophia branch of "Chevra Kadisha" existed prior to...

Britain: lot x4 Isaac Earlysman Sparrow copper farthing tokens: 1) obv: "Ascended at Oxford | June 23 1823" & hot-air balloon/ "Ironmonger Bishopsgate London" & left portrait, milled rim, in F-VF, Batty-401O; 2) "Ironmonger Bishopsgate London" & hot-air balloon/ "Isaac Earlysman 1*8 Sparrow 2*5" & left portrait, milled rim, in F; 3) "Sparrow Nail Merchant • London" & hot-air balloon/ "Sparrow's Leather...

Lot x8 British Jewish merchant/business tokens, c. late 18th-19th Cent. 1) New Houses of Parliament/Queen Victoria bronze token by Hyam Hyams of London (goldsmith, watch/clock maker, money changer), designed by Allen & Moore, 1847; 2) Louis Silberberg (tobacconist) 'Habana Cigar Company, 104 Cheapside'/ left-facing portrait tin token, 1866 (bent planchet); 3) Lewis Levy - Borough...