Four Medals - Moses

Four Medals - Moses
Four medals with portraits of Moses.
1-2. Two silver medals. Obverse: profile portrait of Moses, with the Hebrew name "Moshe" on the collar (different portraits, one portraying Moses with horns). Reverse: the Hebrew legend "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me."
Diameter: 31 mm, 34 mm. See:
* Jewish Tradition in Art, the Feuchtwanger Collection of judaica, Dr. Isaiah Shachar (Isreal Museum, Jerusalem, 1971), item 743.
* Catalogue of the Permanent and Loan Collections of the Jewish Museum, London, edited by R. D. Barnett. London, 1974. Items 1174 and 1175.
3-4. Two medals. Obverse: profile portrait of Moses with horns (different portraits), with the Hebrew name "Moshe" on the collar, the name "Moise" in the center, and a German legend around the edge. Reverse: the Hebrew legend "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me" in a square border, with other text. Diameter: 31 mm, 38 mm.
See Friedenberg, p. 93.
There exist various theories as to the origin of these medals. They were possibly made in Joachimstal, Bohemia, 16th century, or elsewhere in Europe at a later date.
Provenance: collection of Bruno Kirschner