Auction 52
Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Sep 20, 2016
(Your local time)
Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 9:
Medallion - Second Zionist Congress, 1898
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Sold for: $440
Start price:
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400
Auction house commission:
23%
VAT: On commission only
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Medallion commemorating the Second Zionist Congress, 1898.
Obverse: Five portraits. In the center - Herzl's portrait surrounded by those of Max Nordau, Bernard Lazar, Max Emanuel Mandelstam and Rabbi Moshe Gaster (the name in Hebrew appears under each portrait). The portraits are surrounded by vegetal decorations.
Reverse: a Star of David, in the center of which is the verse "I shall take the sons of Israel and bring them to their land". Surrounding inscription in Yiddish: "Presidium dem 2-tn kongres der tsayonistn in Basel 28-30 August 1898" [Second Zionist congress in Basel].
Diameter: 29 mm. Suspension loop and chain.
