AMERICAN BRASS COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL AND ORIGINAL CAST.

Issued by the Beth Israel Hospital, Newark, New Jersey, February, 1928. Obverse: View of the buildings with Star-of-David above and Rod of Asclepius below. Reverse: A male figure sipping from a bowl held by a woman, with Hebrew verse alongside: “For I am God who heals you” (Exodus 15:26). With artist’s monogram. Diam: 3 inches.

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.