Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Israel Numismatic Research
Angaben zur Quelle:
14 (2019) 193-204
Keywords:
Herzl, Theodor,
;
Jewish medals
;
Zionism in art
Abstract:
A rare and unusual medal struck in gold presents Theodor Herzl as a Moses-like figure contemplating the Holy Land from afar. This is most likely a commemorative tribute issued sometime after Herzl’s death in 1904. Also noteworthy is a flag featuring seven pentagonal stars arrayed in two rows in one field, with a second field displaying a conventional Magen David, an arrangement that is unlike all other known Zionist flag images. The relatively unsophisticated modeling of the figures and the unconventional flag suggests a Middle Eastern rather than a European locus of issue.
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