Bronze Medal – Gabriel Riesser – Hamburg, 1836

Bronze Medal – Gabriel Riesser – Hamburg, 1836
Medal minted on behalf of the Hamburg Jewish community in honor of Gabriel Riesser (1806-1863), German-Jewish jurist who fought for the emancipation of German Jews. Cast bronze. [Hamburg]. 1836. Obverse: relief – figures of three women. In the center - a woman with two babies in her arms. To her right a woman wearing a cross leaning on an altar and to her left a woman chained to the Tablets of the Law (representing Christianity and Judaism). Surrounded by the inscription: "Haben Wir Nicht Alle Einen Vater-Hat Uns Nicht Ein Gott Erschaffen [Have we not all one father – hath not one God created us]. Reverse: "To the fighter for right and freedom, Dr. Gabriel Riesser from his Hamburg co-religionists, 1836". (In German). Diameter: 60 mm. See next item.