Service on the Day of Atonement by the Israelite Soldiers of the Prussian Army before Metz 1870. Text in German and Hebrew.

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Fine Judaica: Ceremonial Objects and Works of Art

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Lot 181

(GERMANY).

Service on the Day of Atonement by the Israelite Soldiers of the Prussian Army before Metz 1870. Text in German and Hebrew.

Printed in black and red on undyed cotton. Finely framed in contemporary gilt. 26 x 26 inches.

c. 1880:

Est: $3,500 - $4,000

Wall hanging commemorating the Kol Nidre service performed on Yom Kippur 1870, for Jewish soldiers in the Prussian army stationed near Metz (Alsace region) during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. See Catalogue of the Jewish Museum (London), p. 135, no. 664.