Auction 70 · Lot 83
BRONZE GERMAN SCHOOL MEDAL.
- Estimate
- $700–$900
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Frankfurt a/Main, 1904
Description
Commemorative Centennial Medal of the Philanthropin, the Jewish high school in Frankfurt a/Main, founded in 1804. Signed by Jewish medalist Leo Horovitz.
Obverse: A farmer sowing seeds on his land with German inscription: “Youth is the Time for Sowing.”
Reverse: “Centennial Celebration… 1804-1904. For Enlightenment and Humanity.” Surrounded by a wreath of wheat sheaves.
Diam: 66mm.
summary
See D. M. Friedenberg, Jewish Minters & Medalists (1976) p. 68.