Auction 103 Winner's Unlimited - Holy books, letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Judaica, Maps, Periodicals, Postcards, banknotes, Eretz Israel
By Winner'S
Nov 29, 2017
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 208:

Silver medallion - 200 years of the Jewish orphanage in Amsterdam 1657-1857

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Sold for: $120
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Auction took place on Nov 29, 2017 at Winner'S

Silver medallion - 200 years of the Jewish orphanage in Amsterdam 1657-1857

Silver medallion in honor of the 200th year since the founding of the Jewish orphanage in Amsterdam. Designed in 1857 by Jacob Smuel Elion.

Obverse: Woman holding a Tanach in one hand, with the second outstretched to help a pair of orphans standing under atree. Dutch text: Good Een Vader Der Weezen [G-d is the father of orphans]. Reverse: Orphanage building and text: Dia Weesshuis der Ned. Herv. Gem. Te Amsterdam [Amsterdam Orphanage]. 

Size: 40.25 mm.

Weight: 22 grams.

Minimal aging stains. Fine condition.


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