Prize Medals - Coin Auctions
Lot 0177a - Medals & Tokens Prize Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleUS: "Fred Kahan Award of Merit" of Bnai Zion org., numbered (15) silver plated bronze medal, ND (1980); by Metal Arts Co., obv. by Linda Harper Neiman & Hal Reed, rev. by Mel Wacks; size: 63.5mm; weight: 138.85g. Obv.: Kahan w/ leg. "Fred Kahan Award of Merit". Rev.: trisected circle w/ images of org's activities; emblem & name in Eng. + Heb. in center. BZ was founded in 1908 as the first explicitly Zionist fraternal order. Commissioned to honor Kahan (1910- 1987) on 1980 retirement as Western Director of BZ, after long public service. 100 medals struck: 30 for BZ, rest (numbered) offered by Magnes Museum to contributors. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Prize Medals |
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Lot 0172a - Medals & Tokens Prize Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleFrance: Great International Food Competition award medal to Max Levi business, 1885; by Massonnet; gilt bronze(?); size: 57.5mm; weight: 70.7g. Obv.: French leg. "Grand Concours International Alimentaire # Paris 1885"; disc at center, engraved "Décernéé a Stuttgarter Liqueur-Fabrik Max Levi". Rev.: right-facing Greek-like figure, "Massonnet Ed" below. This is not the same Jewish Max Levi (1868-1925) of Stuttgart, who founded the Salamander shoe factory; present (Jewish?) business listed in Norddeutscher Lloyd's "Guide Through Germany et. al." 1896 ed.: Export-Manufacturers/ Spirituous liquors; Massonnet, Forrer v3 p.603. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Prize Medals |