Auction 83 · Lot 226
Featuring the founder of the Zionist Movement Theodor Herzl in profile, and titled with his name in Latin and Hebrew letters. Set within original frame. 3 x 3 inches (7.6 x 7.6 cm).
- Estimate
- $1,500–$2,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
VIENNESE SILVER HERZL PLAQUE
Publication
c. 1920
Description
Each cylinder with registers of acid-etched organic patterning, marked Bezalel on verso and each with central designs. The first with rampant British lion set within Star-of-David. The second featuring the insignia of the Royal Army Medical Corps: The Rod of Asclepius, surmounted by a crown, enclosed within a laurel wreath along with the regimental motto “In Arduis Fidelis” (Faithful in Adversity). H: 11.5 and 11 inches (29.2 and 28 cm).

