Auction 68 · Lot 74
FRENCH SYNAGOGUE MEDAL.
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- $2,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Paris, 1877
Description
Issued to commemorate the inauguration of the “Rite Portugais” Synagogue on Rue Buffault, Paris.
Obverse: Tablets of the Ten Commandments bearing transliterated Hebrew date of inauguration: “25 Eloul 5637,” with legend along perimeter.
Reverse: Legend in French around edge,”Inauguration 3 Septembre 1877.”
Gold-plated copper-nickel. Edgemark. Diam: 47mm.
summary
In 1875 the Grand Synagogue (rue de la Victoire)was established, serving both Aschkenazic and Sephardic communities in a unified French rite. Soon disputes arouse leading to the Sephardic segment breaking away, and spearheaded by the financier Daniel Iffla (“Osiris”), the rue Buffault Synagogue was erected.