Lot 24
  • 24

Three Medals Honoring Moses Montefiore, English and German, 1864 / 1884

Estimate
5,000 - 6,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • the largest signed C.H. Weiner, 1864

  • diameters 2 5/8 to 1 3/8 in.
  • 6.7 to 3.8cm
the first bronze, struck with double profiles of Sir Moses and his wife, the reverse with Hebrew inscription in a wreath of the emblems of the British Isles, by C.H. Weiner, 1864; the second also bronze, with bust of Sir Moses, the reverse inscribed "Universal Tribute...from his admirers and friends, Centennary 27 October 1884"; the third silvered nickel, inscribed in German and Hebrew, dated 1884

Condition

the last with much silvering worn away, otherwise good
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