Lot 732
Two Medals – Visit of Emperor Wilhelm II to Palestine / Establishment of the Evangelical Church in Jerusalem – 1842-1898
1. Medal commemorating the establishment of the Evangelical Church in Jerusalem in 1842.
Obverse: Three bishops, with flags of the Lutheran and Anglican churches behind them; worshipers kneeling by the bishops, among them Jews and Turks. Signed – Lorenz F. Reverse: Legend in German, "Zur Stiftung der Evangel Kirche in Jerusalem"[establishment of the Evangelical church in Jerusalem], surrounded by two palm tree branches.
Diameter: 42 mm.
2. Silver medal, commemorating the visit of Emperor Wilhelm II to Palestine in 1898.
Obverse: Portraits of the emperor and Empress Augusta Victoria and a legend in German. Reverse: Illustration of the Church of the Redeemer and a legend in German.
Diameter: 35 mm.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
