Online Auction 40 - Chabad
Special Chabad auction in honor of Chag HaGeulah of Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the Rayatz of Lubavitch - 12th-13th Tammuz
Wedding Ring of Rebbetzin Nechama Dina Schneersohn (Wife of Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch)
Opening: $1,000
Unsold
A wedding ring given by Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch, to his wife, Rebbetzin Nehama Dina, after his release from prison in Soviet Russia in Tammuz 1927.
Gold ring, marked with Russian hallmarks – ca. 1900s or 1910s.
Letter of authenticity enclosed (handwritten note, in English), signed in Hebrew by Rebbetzin Chanah Gurary (1899-1991), eldest daughter of Rebbe Rayatz: "I hereby gift... my mother's gold band. Her original gold ring was stolen from her by a Russian prison guard at Spalerni. We went to visit my father in prison. They required us to remove all jewelry to be returned to us when we left. They never gave back her ring. My father bought her a new one when he returned from Kostroma". Dated 5th November 1989.
For further information, please refer to Hebrew description.
Approx. 2 cm. Good condition. Minor damage.
Gold ring, marked with Russian hallmarks – ca. 1900s or 1910s.
Letter of authenticity enclosed (handwritten note, in English), signed in Hebrew by Rebbetzin Chanah Gurary (1899-1991), eldest daughter of Rebbe Rayatz: "I hereby gift... my mother's gold band. Her original gold ring was stolen from her by a Russian prison guard at Spalerni. We went to visit my father in prison. They required us to remove all jewelry to be returned to us when we left. They never gave back her ring. My father bought her a new one when he returned from Kostroma". Dated 5th November 1989.
For further information, please refer to Hebrew description.
Approx. 2 cm. Good condition. Minor damage.
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