Auction 47 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Medal – Establishment of Rishon LeZion and Theodor Herzl

Opening: $250
Unsold
Copper medal, minted on the occasion of the establishment of Rishon LeZion, 1882.
Obverse: view of the colony, surrounded by the verse (Yeshayahu 41, 27) "They are Rishon LeZion [first of Zion] and I will bring the herald to Jerusalem / Rishon LeZion Colony" (Hebrew). Reverse: portrait of Theodor Herzl looking to the left, and the inscription: "For the sake of Zion I will not be silent (Hebrew), Dr. Theodor Herzl (English)".Diameter: 2.6 cm. Hook for hanging. Damage to Herzl's portrait.
Herzl, Zionism, JNF
Herzl, Zionism, JNF