b'237 SWEDISH BRASS MENORAH. Attractive, elegant design, featuring eight candle-sockets centered by free-standing Star-of-David. L: 19 inches (48 cm); H: 10 inches (25 cm).1920s. $2000 - $3000238 FRENCH SILVER SYNAGOGUE MEDAL. Issued to commemorate the inauguration of the Rite Portugais Synagogue on Rue Buffault, Paris. Inscribed and presented to Chief Rabbi of France, Lazard Isidor. 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 and at center: Isidor, Gd. Rabbin. Marked twice with silver guarantee marks. Diam: 28mm.Paris, 1877. $3000 - $5000 This is a unique medal made especially for the Chief Rabbi of France Lazard Isidor (1813-88). For the standard version of this medal see Kestenbaum Sale 68, lot 74.In 1875 the Grand Synagogue (rue de la Victoire) was established, serving both Aschkenazic and Sephardic communities within a unied French rite. In time, disputes arose, leading to the Sephardic segment breaking away. Spearheaded by the nancier Daniel Ifa (Osiris), the rue Buffault Synagogue was erected.120'