AMERICAN BRASS COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL AND ORIGINAL CAST.

AUCTION 59 | Thursday, June 20th, 2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Ceremonial Objects and Works of Art

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Lot 158
AMERICAN BRASS COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL AND ORIGINAL CAST.

Est: $3,000 - $5,000
<<Accompanied By:>> Large Original Cast of the Reverse of the Medal. Diam: 10 inches. <<Most likely a unique cast.>> Newark Beth Israel Hospital (today, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center) was established in New Jersey in 1901. The facility outgrew its original quarters and in 1928 philanthropists Louis Bamberger and Felix Fuld donated funds for a new hospital in a then rural area of Newark known as Lyons Farms. This medal, commemorating the new Beth Israel, was designed by John Ray Sinnock (1888-1947), the eighth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint and designer of the Roosevelt dime, Franklin half dollar and Purple Heart medal of the U.S. Armed Forces.