Medals & Tokens - Coin Auctions
 Lot 0181a - Medals & Tokens Prize Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleUS: Stephen Rothman Memorial Award bronze prize medal; by Medallic Art Co., designed by Bruce Moore (1906- 1980); size: 63.5mm; weight: 119.75g. Obv.: left-facing Rothman w/ name above, "MD" on left & years of birth/ death on right; 3-line homage below. Rev.: owl & snake w/ 2-ringed legend. The Society for Investigative Dermatology instituted the annual SR Award & SR Medal in 1967 "for distinguished service to investigative cutaneous medicine". Rothman (1894- 1963) was a Jewish Hungarian dermatologist who transformed investigative dermatology into a scientific discipline. Moore's medals are highly valued in the market. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Prize Medals |
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 Lot 0197a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleIsrael: "Bar Mitzvah I" numbered (0682 out of 8375) silver State Medal, 1971; by Rothschild and Lippman ("Roli"), minted by Kretchmer; size: 45mm; weight: 47g. In UNC. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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 Lot 0164a - Medals & Tokens Other Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany: Kurt Eisner / "Clean Out Bavaria" satirical election medal by Karl Goetz (ND), circa. 1920; brass(?) cast; size: 56mm, weight: 51.25g. Obv.: Bavarian Lion chasing after Jewish socialists Johannes Hoffman & Kurt Eisner bearing flags "EISNER ZEIT" ("Eisner's Time") & "RÄTE TERROR" ("Soviet Terror"); Gustav Landauer on extreme left; leg. "KEHRAUS IM BAYER" ("Clean Out Bavaria"); "LANDTAG" in exergue. Rev.: pillars w/Bavarian Church & Monarchy emblems, rising sun & flock of sheep; leg. "BAYERN TREUE" ("Bavarian Loyalty") and date "6. JUNI 1920". Kirschner Nr. 46, Kienast-268. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Other Medals & Tokens |
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 Lot 0176a - Medals & Tokens Prize Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SalePalestine: bronze participation medallion for the "United Services Athletic Meeting 1942" in Tel Aviv; size: 32.5mm; weight: 13.25g. Obv. & rev. maker-marked "SK" - Shmuel Kretschmer (the leading maker of pins and metal emblems in Palestine and early Israel); marked in Hebrew "Yerushalem" / English "Palestine" on back. The athletic meeting was an all-British event on 2 May 1942 (a Saturday) at the Macabbiah Stadium in Tel Aviv. It included various athletic competitions, and prizes were awarded by the wife of General Douglas McConnel, the commander ("General Officer Commanding") of British troops in Palestine. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Prize Medals |
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 Lot 0192a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany(?): 'Moses' Joachimsthal of the 'Praguemedaille' series (tallion), after Hieronymus Magdeburger & school (ND), circa. 1535 or later cast; white metal; size: 36mm; weight: 12.45. Obv: Moses facing left w/long, pointed beard & upraised horns; legend "DER• HER• IST• MEIN• STERCK• VN• LOBSANG• VN• IST• MEI• HEIL*" and "MO ISE" on either side, "•EX•15•" below & Hebrew word "Moses" on collar. Rev: square w/4 lined Hebrew legend "Shall Have no Other G-D Before Me"(?) and "•EXODVS•Zo•" below; "DV•SOLT KE" / "IN•ANDER•" / "GOTTER•N" / "EBEN•MIR H" around square. Rare design; ref Katz 146. In EF-AU. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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 Lot 0159a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleUS: Victor Frenkil 50th birthday bronze homage medal, 1958, by Medallic Art Co., designed by Henry Berge (1908- 1998); size: 76mm; weight: 174.6g. Obv.: smiling Frankil + legend "The Will to Achieve"; date 1958. Rev.: 14 line dedication + faux Admiral Ben Moreell signature. Frenkil (1909- 1999) was a Baltimore-based Jewish contractor and philanthropist who developed good political connection, incl. presidents, governors & elected officials. Moreell (1892- 1978) commissioned the medal: Jewish, highly regarded officer and engineer, chief of USN's Bureau of Yards & Docks, father of the Navy's 'Seabees' (Construction Forces). Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0171a - Medals & Tokens Prize Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleBritain: 1st Place Scholar bronze medal awarded by the Jewish Free School to Emanuel Tacker, 1905; not maker-marked; size: 55.25mm; weight: 88.15g. The Jewish Free School (JFS) was founded in 1732 as the Talmud Torah of the Great Synagogue of London, serving orphans of the community; in the early 1800s it absorbed thousands of immigrant children and numbered at one point 4000 students, making it the largest school in the world. Today the JFS is Europe's largest and most successful Jewish secondary school. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Prize Medals |
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 Lot 0187a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany > Dresden: Theodor & Sophie Erbstein golden wedding anniversary cast token, 1880; uneven planchet, silvered bronze(?); not maker-marked; size: 20.75mm; weight: 2.45g. Obv.: 8 line leg. "The Happy Couple Theodor and Sophie Erbstein on [their] Golden Wedding Anniversary". Rev.: couples' 1st initial T + S within wreath; Star of David above emitting rays. Julius Theodor Erbstein (1803- 1882), was a lawyer, chief State archivist & numismatist, son Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Erbstein; he & J. H. Sophie (b. Muller) both born 1803; sons Julius & Albert Erbstein both well-known numismatists & Dresden museum directors. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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 Lot 0154a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleRussia/Soviet Union: Heinrich Heine bronze medal by A. A. Manuilov, 1974; size: 60mm; weight: 124.15g. Obverse depicts right-facing profile of Heine, his name and his years of birth and death below. On reverse a waving banner with quotation from one of Heine's works. Ordinarily the marks of the minting company and the date appear at the edge: here it looks like the date was double-stamped and deformed. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0182a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleDavid and Batsheva ('Bathsheba' or 'Betsabe') cuckold Joachimstahler (ND), circa. 1540-1550; struck in brass; by Concz Welcz; size: 37.5mm; weight: 11.1g. Obv.: bust of King David in robes w/ crown & duck on top; double-ringed legend: "DAVID. EIN. GESALBTER. GOTTES. VND. KONIG. IN. ISRA. / I. SAMVEL. XVI. CAPIT." ['David G-d's Annointed King in Israel']. Rev.: Batsheva bathing in a courtyard pool, David leaning over balcony to see her; legend around: "DAVID. BRICHT. DIE. EH. MIT. BERSABEA. 3. REG. II.". Duck device may be symbol for 'cuckolding'. In G-F; chip of bottom missing; Katz #254; see Kirsch-9 & Fiew-74. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
