379, Lot: 599. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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UNITED STATES. Æ Token (33mm, 20.43 g, 12h). Rabbi Emil Hirsch Charity Token. Uncertain Chicago-area manufacturer. Dated 1923. Signature of Emil Hirsch; above and below, Psalm 41:1 in Hebrew; all on rough pebbled field / UNITED DRIVE FOR $ 2,500,000
00, large question mark; IF YOU WON’T/WHO WILL in two lines; date in exergue. Emporium Hamburg 72, lot 1527 (this medal). VF, brown and green surfaces.
Ex Emporium Hamburg 72 (13 November 2014), lot 1527.
For a biography of Rabbi Hirsch, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_G._Hirsch