Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
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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.
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.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $200
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Three medals with portraits of European dignitaries. Switzerland, Belgium and Germany. 18th and 19th centuries.
1. Medal with the portrait of Samuel Clarke (1675-1729), British mathematician and philosopher. Geneva, [18th century]. Obverse: portrait of Samuel Clarke. Reverse: a student climbing a mountain towards Truth. A sun is seen on top of the mountain with the Tetragrammaton in it. Surrounded by a Latin legend: "Quo Veritas Vocat" [when truth calls]. Signed: "J. Dassier. F.".
Diameter: 42 mm.
2. Medal struck in memory of Louis Jacobs (1803-1847), Belgian attorney, judge and Congress Member. [Belgium, 19th century]. Obverse: Louis Jacobs' portrait. Signed: Hart Fecit. [Laurant Hart]. Reverse: Dedication in French: "For his contribution to business, the arts, public education and industry", surrounded by a legend: "Congrès national, commission mixte de navigation, consiel communal d'anvers" [one of the Belgian congress committees in which Jacobs was active.].
Diameter: 53 mm.
3. Medal commemorating a folk festival, [Munich, 1892]. Obverse: portrait of Prof. Nussbaum [probably Johann Nepomuk von Nussbaum (1829-1890), a German physician from Munich]. A legend in German surrounds the portrait - "Volksfest der Vereinigten Münchener Radfahrer zu gunsten des Nussbaum Denkmals" [folk festival… a memorial for Nussbaum".
Diameter: 33 mm. Suspension loop.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
1. Medal with the portrait of Samuel Clarke (1675-1729), British mathematician and philosopher. Geneva, [18th century]. Obverse: portrait of Samuel Clarke. Reverse: a student climbing a mountain towards Truth. A sun is seen on top of the mountain with the Tetragrammaton in it. Surrounded by a Latin legend: "Quo Veritas Vocat" [when truth calls]. Signed: "J. Dassier. F.".
Diameter: 42 mm.
2. Medal struck in memory of Louis Jacobs (1803-1847), Belgian attorney, judge and Congress Member. [Belgium, 19th century]. Obverse: Louis Jacobs' portrait. Signed: Hart Fecit. [Laurant Hart]. Reverse: Dedication in French: "For his contribution to business, the arts, public education and industry", surrounded by a legend: "Congrès national, commission mixte de navigation, consiel communal d'anvers" [one of the Belgian congress committees in which Jacobs was active.].
Diameter: 53 mm.
3. Medal commemorating a folk festival, [Munich, 1892]. Obverse: portrait of Prof. Nussbaum [probably Johann Nepomuk von Nussbaum (1829-1890), a German physician from Munich]. A legend in German surrounds the portrait - "Volksfest der Vereinigten Münchener Radfahrer zu gunsten des Nussbaum Denkmals" [folk festival… a memorial for Nussbaum".
Diameter: 33 mm. Suspension loop.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $250
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Varied collection of 35 tokens. Europe, Curaçao and South Africa. 19th and 20th century (one token from 1612).
In the collection are some tokens minted as a substitute for money at times of shortage, tokens for use in various stores and for other purposes. Among the tokens:
• Token from the time of Louis XIII , France, 1612. • 13 "Judenpfennig" tokens. Tokens of this kind were minted by Jews in the Rhineland during periods of shortage of coins, 1809-1822. • Token issued by "Jeshurun & Co." [Curaçao, late 19th century]. • Two porcelain tokens issued by the merchant Henry Seligmann, Hannover, 1921. • Token issued by Finchen & Kleinmann, Natal (South Africa), [ca. 1930]. • Token for use in the café "Batty Muller" with a Star of David in the center, [France]. • Token with the legend "Hermann Tietz, Berlin". Hermann Tietz was one of the founders of the first department stores in Germany. • Token with the legend "Goldschmidt & Loewenick" [shoe manufacturing company, Frankfurt]. • And more.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
In the collection are some tokens minted as a substitute for money at times of shortage, tokens for use in various stores and for other purposes. Among the tokens:
• Token from the time of Louis XIII , France, 1612. • 13 "Judenpfennig" tokens. Tokens of this kind were minted by Jews in the Rhineland during periods of shortage of coins, 1809-1822. • Token issued by "Jeshurun & Co." [Curaçao, late 19th century]. • Two porcelain tokens issued by the merchant Henry Seligmann, Hannover, 1921. • Token issued by Finchen & Kleinmann, Natal (South Africa), [ca. 1930]. • Token for use in the café "Batty Muller" with a Star of David in the center, [France]. • Token with the legend "Hermann Tietz, Berlin". Hermann Tietz was one of the founders of the first department stores in Germany. • Token with the legend "Goldschmidt & Loewenick" [shoe manufacturing company, Frankfurt]. • And more.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $200
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Eight tokens, minted for use by Jewish stores and merchants in Tasmania and New Zealand in ca. mid-19th century.
1-2. Two tokens issued by Lewis Abrhamas, fabric and sewing supplies merchant. Tasmania, 1855. Diameter 34 mm, 27 mm.
3-4. Two tokens issued by R. Josephs, New-Town Toll Gate in Tasmania, 1855. Diameter: 33 mm, 27 mm.
5-6. Two tokens issued by I. Friedman, a money lender in Tasmania, 1857. Diameter: 31 mm, 26 mm.
7. A token issued by Joseph Moir, builder and merchant in Tasmania, 1850. Diameter: 33 mm.
8. Token in the value of one penny, issued by Lipman Levy, shoes and boots manufacturer in New-Zealand. Diameter: 31 mm.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
1-2. Two tokens issued by Lewis Abrhamas, fabric and sewing supplies merchant. Tasmania, 1855. Diameter 34 mm, 27 mm.
3-4. Two tokens issued by R. Josephs, New-Town Toll Gate in Tasmania, 1855. Diameter: 33 mm, 27 mm.
5-6. Two tokens issued by I. Friedman, a money lender in Tasmania, 1857. Diameter: 31 mm, 26 mm.
7. A token issued by Joseph Moir, builder and merchant in Tasmania, 1850. Diameter: 33 mm.
8. Token in the value of one penny, issued by Lipman Levy, shoes and boots manufacturer in New-Zealand. Diameter: 31 mm.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $100
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Half a penny bronze coin, minted by Moses Tolanto, a Jewish merchant in Barbados. [First half of 19th cent.].
Obverse: A case with the initials M.T. and the inscription: "Moses Tolanto Barbadoes". Reverse: A barrel with the initials M.T. and the inscription: "Freedom without Slavery". Diameter: 30 mm.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Obverse: A case with the initials M.T. and the inscription: "Moses Tolanto Barbadoes". Reverse: A barrel with the initials M.T. and the inscription: "Freedom without Slavery". Diameter: 30 mm.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $150
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Token – denomination: 5 cents, issued by Hotel Richelieu in Chicago. [ca. 1885-1895].
Obverse: The denomination (5 cents) and the legend "Bemis and Davidson". Reverse: Star of David and the number 3931, surrounded by the legend "The Richelieu, State st.".
Diameter: 25 mm. Good condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Obverse: The denomination (5 cents) and the legend "Bemis and Davidson". Reverse: Star of David and the number 3931, surrounded by the legend "The Richelieu, State st.".
Diameter: 25 mm. Good condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $120
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Two medals awarded for merit in religious studies. "Ahawath Chesed" Congregation, [New-York?], 1881-1886.
1. Round pendant. Obverse: the legend "Religious School Merit, 1881, Cong. Ahawath Chesed". Reverse: blank. 34 mm. Suspension loop.
2. Pendant shaped as a shield. Obverse: "Religious School Merit, 1886, Congregation Ahawath Chesed". Reverse: blank. Approx.40X40 mm. Suspension loop.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
1. Round pendant. Obverse: the legend "Religious School Merit, 1881, Cong. Ahawath Chesed". Reverse: blank. 34 mm. Suspension loop.
2. Pendant shaped as a shield. Obverse: "Religious School Merit, 1886, Congregation Ahawath Chesed". Reverse: blank. Approx.40X40 mm. Suspension loop.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $200
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Varied collection of 51 American tokens. United States, 20th century.
In the collection: • Advertising tokens issued by Jewish-owned stores. • Tokens for collection of donations for different Jewish charity institutes, including "Itur Rabanim" Yeshivah in Jerusalem, "New Mount Sinai" hospital in LosAngeles, "Home of Old Israel"– home for the elderly, Medical center "Hebrew Sanitarium for the Incurables", "United Charity Institution of Jerusalem, Israel", and more. • Coins recording the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, Establishment of Kennedy Memorial and more.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
In the collection: • Advertising tokens issued by Jewish-owned stores. • Tokens for collection of donations for different Jewish charity institutes, including "Itur Rabanim" Yeshivah in Jerusalem, "New Mount Sinai" hospital in LosAngeles, "Home of Old Israel"– home for the elderly, Medical center "Hebrew Sanitarium for the Incurables", "United Charity Institution of Jerusalem, Israel", and more. • Coins recording the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, Establishment of Kennedy Memorial and more.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $200
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24 plaques, tokens and medals of the "Ku Klux Klan", bearing the movement's slogans and emblems. United States, 1868-1966 (most items are from the 20th century).
In the collection: • A medal with a hole for suspension, with the slogan "Virtuous anger is our right". Alabama, 1868. • Two plaques with emblems and slogans of the "Ku Klux Klan". 1895, 1922. • Two "Dollar" tokens of "Ku Klux Klan", 1922. • Two train ride tokens, "Indian Railroad, Division of Wesson, Co.", stamped "KKK". • Medals and tokens bearing the slogan "non silba, sed anthar" [not for ourselves, for the other], burning crosses, and other slogans and symbols used by the organization in its different phases.
The "Ku Klux Klan" movement was founded in 1865 in the state of Tennesey by soldiers released from the defeated confederation army, and although it started as a social club with no definitive goals, it soon enough turned into a racist movement which acted violently against African-American released soldiers, until it was oppressed by the government in the 1870s. The movement re-started its operations in 1915 – this time aiming its actions against Jews as well; after a slow-down in the 1940s, the movement went back into action in the 1960s.
Enclosed: Two tokens with the inscription "KKK- member in good standing"; not proved to be KKK tokens.
Size andcondition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
In the collection: • A medal with a hole for suspension, with the slogan "Virtuous anger is our right". Alabama, 1868. • Two plaques with emblems and slogans of the "Ku Klux Klan". 1895, 1922. • Two "Dollar" tokens of "Ku Klux Klan", 1922. • Two train ride tokens, "Indian Railroad, Division of Wesson, Co.", stamped "KKK". • Medals and tokens bearing the slogan "non silba, sed anthar" [not for ourselves, for the other], burning crosses, and other slogans and symbols used by the organization in its different phases.
The "Ku Klux Klan" movement was founded in 1865 in the state of Tennesey by soldiers released from the defeated confederation army, and although it started as a social club with no definitive goals, it soon enough turned into a racist movement which acted violently against African-American released soldiers, until it was oppressed by the government in the 1870s. The movement re-started its operations in 1915 – this time aiming its actions against Jews as well; after a slow-down in the 1940s, the movement went back into action in the 1960s.
Enclosed: Two tokens with the inscription "KKK- member in good standing"; not proved to be KKK tokens.
Size andcondition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $150
Unsold
1-2. Two commemorative medals (different metals) issued by the Victorian Department of Education, commemorating Anzac Day – a memorial day commemorating all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations". Australia, 1918.
Obverse: Figure of an Australian soldier and the legend "Honor to the A.I.F". On the bottom appear the signatures "S&S" (Stokes and Sons), H.H. (Harry Harvey). Reverse: A scroll decorated with branches inscribed with the battle zones: Galipoli, France and Palestine. On the margins appears the legend "E.V.D., Anzac day, 1918".
Diameter: 25 mm. Suspension loop.
3. "Yehudah Hamishtachreret" (Liberated Judea) medal. Obverse: a palm tree and a woman undoing her chains while a Roman soldier escapes. On the bottom – the legend "Yehudah Hamishtachreret"(Liberated Judea). Reverse: Star of David and the legend "Lamitnadvim BaAm, Palestine, 1918". Identical medals, made of silver, were awarded in 1918 to Jewish Brigade soldiers for their service.
Diameter: 23 mm.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Obverse: Figure of an Australian soldier and the legend "Honor to the A.I.F". On the bottom appear the signatures "S&S" (Stokes and Sons), H.H. (Harry Harvey). Reverse: A scroll decorated with branches inscribed with the battle zones: Galipoli, France and Palestine. On the margins appears the legend "E.V.D., Anzac day, 1918".
Diameter: 25 mm. Suspension loop.
3. "Yehudah Hamishtachreret" (Liberated Judea) medal. Obverse: a palm tree and a woman undoing her chains while a Roman soldier escapes. On the bottom – the legend "Yehudah Hamishtachreret"(Liberated Judea). Reverse: Star of David and the legend "Lamitnadvim BaAm, Palestine, 1918". Identical medals, made of silver, were awarded in 1918 to Jewish Brigade soldiers for their service.
Diameter: 23 mm.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $200
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
11. Medals and plaques related to Palestinian themes. Palestine and France, ca. 1882 through 1950s.
1. Commemorative medal – establishment of Rishon LeZion. Obverse: view of the colony and the year (1882); surrounded by the verse "They are Rishon LeZion [first of Zion], "I will bring the herald to Jerusalem" (Isiash 41, 27) and "Rishon LeZion Colony". Reverse: In the center, within a frame in the shape of the Tablets of the Law, appear figures praying at the Western Wall and a farmer spreading seeds in a field. Above the figures appear a Star of David and the legend "Mi Yiten MiZion Yeshuat Israel" and the verse "If I forget thee Jerusalem" (Hebrew).
2-4. Three identical medals made of different materials minted for the Paris Colonial Exhibition, 1931. Obverse: The Palestine pavilion in the exhibition and the legend "Exposition coloniale international, Paris 1931". Reverse: Olive tree branch and the legend "Palestine" (Hebrew, Arabic, English). Sighed: "L. Bazor".
5-6. Two identical plaques with a relief of Herzliya Gymnasium building. Signed: Krechmer.
7-11. Rectangular plaques and pendants with the map of Palestine and the legend "Eretz Israel, Palestine" by Shmuel Krechmer or designed by him. Some of the plaques have a suspension loop and one is pierced for suspension. One plaque is signed on the back: "Krechmer, Palestine" and the others are not signed. [Palestine, 1930s or 1940s].
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Stains. Corrosion.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
1. Commemorative medal – establishment of Rishon LeZion. Obverse: view of the colony and the year (1882); surrounded by the verse "They are Rishon LeZion [first of Zion], "I will bring the herald to Jerusalem" (Isiash 41, 27) and "Rishon LeZion Colony". Reverse: In the center, within a frame in the shape of the Tablets of the Law, appear figures praying at the Western Wall and a farmer spreading seeds in a field. Above the figures appear a Star of David and the legend "Mi Yiten MiZion Yeshuat Israel" and the verse "If I forget thee Jerusalem" (Hebrew).
2-4. Three identical medals made of different materials minted for the Paris Colonial Exhibition, 1931. Obverse: The Palestine pavilion in the exhibition and the legend "Exposition coloniale international, Paris 1931". Reverse: Olive tree branch and the legend "Palestine" (Hebrew, Arabic, English). Sighed: "L. Bazor".
5-6. Two identical plaques with a relief of Herzliya Gymnasium building. Signed: Krechmer.
7-11. Rectangular plaques and pendants with the map of Palestine and the legend "Eretz Israel, Palestine" by Shmuel Krechmer or designed by him. Some of the plaques have a suspension loop and one is pierced for suspension. One plaque is signed on the back: "Krechmer, Palestine" and the others are not signed. [Palestine, 1930s or 1940s].
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Stains. Corrosion.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $200
Unsold
Commemorative medal from the Second Arab Exhibition. Jerusalem, 1934.
Obverse: Legend in Arabic – "Commemorating cooperation between the Arab State 1352 (1934)". Reverse: Legend in Arabic – "Commemorating the Arab Exhibition in Jerusalem 1352 (1934)".
The Arab exhibitions were held in the Palace Hotel in Jerusalem, apparently as a counterbalance for the trade shows and exhibitions that were held in Tel Aviv since 1923 and glorified the achievements of the Jewish Yishuv, led by the Levant Fair in 1934.
Diameter: 27 cm. Good condition. Stains.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Obverse: Legend in Arabic – "Commemorating cooperation between the Arab State 1352 (1934)". Reverse: Legend in Arabic – "Commemorating the Arab Exhibition in Jerusalem 1352 (1934)".
The Arab exhibitions were held in the Palace Hotel in Jerusalem, apparently as a counterbalance for the trade shows and exhibitions that were held in Tel Aviv since 1923 and glorified the achievements of the Jewish Yishuv, led by the Levant Fair in 1934.
Diameter: 27 cm. Good condition. Stains.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue