Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

Medallion – Second Zionist Congress, 1898

Opening: $400
Unsold
Medallion commemorating the Second Zionist Congress, 1898.
Obverse: Five portraits. Herzl's portrait in the center, surrounded by those of Max Nordau, Bernard Lazar, Max Emanuel Mandelstam and Rabbi Moses Gaster. With background foliate motif.
Reverse: Quote from Ezekiel 37:21 (Hebrew): "I shall take the sons of Israel and bring them to their land", set in a Star of David. Border legend in Yiddish: "Presidium of the second Zionist congress in Basel, 28-30 August 1898".
Diameter: 29 mm. Suspension loop. Minor blemishes.
Herzl, Zionism, JNF
Herzl, Zionism, JNF