Auction 59 · Lot 181
Service on the Day of Atonement by the Israelite Soldiers of the Prussian Army before Metz 1870. Text in German and Hebrew.
- Estimate
- $3,500–$4,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(GERMANY).
Place
c. 1880
Description
Printed in black and red on undyed cotton. Finely framed in contemporary gilt.
summary
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.
26 x 26 inches.
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