Auction 55b
Part II - Bruno Kirschner's Medal Collection and other Numismatic Items
May 9, 2017
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 149:
Medal - Second Zionist Congress
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Sold for: $500
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Buyer's Premium: 23%
VAT: 17% On commission only
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Medal - Second Zionist Congress
Bronze medal commemorating the Second Zionist Congress. Paris, 1898.
Obverse: the Hebrew legend "Behold, I will take the people of Israel from the nations… and bring them to their own land" (Ezekiel 37). Reverse: allegorical relief - family gazing at a woman pointing at the rising sun. Signed: "Beer Paris 1898".
Diameter: 62 mm.
See: "Jewish Tradition in Art: The Feuchtwanger Collection of Judaica" by Dr. Isaiah Shachar (Israel Museum, 1971), item 764.
Provenance: collection of Bruno Kirschner.
