Pre-Long Beach Auction #78

Israel and World, Lot of Rare and Important Bronze Art Medals with Holocaust, Zionism, Americana Themes. First rarity: Albert Einstein by Revol, Paris Mint, 1971, 67mm. Second rarity: George Gershwin by Querolle, Paris Mint, 1971, 67mm. Third rarity: Jerusalem by Dufresne, Paris Mint, 80mm. Fourth rarity: Leon Blum by Lay, Paris Mint, 67mm. Fifth, sixth & seventh rarities: In Memory of the 6 million victims (a young Moses holds the Ten Commandments over his head, with bodies below) by E. Monte, S. Johnson (Italy), 58mm. Eighth rarity: Israel a dream fulfilled (25th anniversary, picturing Herzl, Weizmann, Ben-Gurion and Meir) by Elizabeth Jones, Medallic Art Company, 1973, 63mm. Ninth rarity: American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors by Karen Worth, 1983, 50mm. Tenth rarity: Israel 25th anniversary (extremely high relief tree on one side, stones in the center of the other, surrounded by Hebrew and Duth inscriptions), private Dutch mint, 1973, 70mm. Eleventh rarity: Nice cast silver-plated copy of First Zionist Congress medal, commemorating the 100th anniversary (with label picturing Herzl inset on the reverse), 1997, 62mm. This lot also includes these eleven scarce Israeli bronze 59mm medals: Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty (enameled obverse), 1979; Israel's 20th anniversary (ship breaking through barriers on reverse), 1968; 1971 Israel Cancer Association (uniface); Undated Israel Cancer Association (uniface); 10th anniversary Aircraft Industries, 1963; Stoke-Mandeville Game (silver plated), 1968; Jerusalem Merit; 1961 Haifa Flower Show (uniface); 1976? Jerusalem Liberated (uniface, ex-Wayte Raymond 1977); and 2 Waterworks (uniface).
Estimated Value $300 - 500.