Medals of centenarians / by F. Parkes Weber.

  • Frederick Parkes Weber
Date:
1903
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Credit: Medals of centenarians / by F. Parkes Weber. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ESTEEM TO SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE BART. PHILANTHROPIST FROM HIS ADMIRERS & FRIENDS . CENTENARY 27'^ OCTOBER 1884. Diameter: i.6 inches; struck ; issued in various metals by Messrs. A. D. Loewen- stark & Sons, a Jewish firm in London. Examples in copper and white metal are in the writer’s collection. The apparent discrepancy in the date of the centenary on this medal arises from the fact that the birthday was on the Jewish 8th Heshvan, which in 1884 corresponded to the 27th October, whereas in the year of his birth it corresponded to an earlier day of October. 4, Obverse. Hebrew inscription signifying: “ My servant Moses is faithful in all mine house.” {Numbers xii : 7.] Clothed bust of Sir Moses to left. Reverse. Inscription in seven lines; — A mose montefiore sineesi perfetta DEL GuiDAiSMO NEL svo CENTENARio VIII KESVAN 5645 (i. e. the 8th day of the month Kesvan, Heshvan, or Cheshvan, anno mtindi 5645). Diameter: 1.7 inches; struck ; M, (in the writer’s collection). This medal, which is not signed by the medallist, was struck at Turin, according to Dr. Brettauer, or at Corfu, according to the Catalogue of the Anglo-fewish Historical Exhibition in London, 1887. 5, Obverse. In the centre, clothed bust of Sir Moses Montefiore to left, wear- ing cap. Hebrew inscription signifying : “ Moses Montefiore. viii [day of the month Heshvan] 5645 {anno mundf\.” Reverse. In the centre an ornamental device of the Hebrew letters of the word Jerusalem. Hebrew inscription signifying: “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. {Psalm cxxxvii: 5] Chesvan {i. e. the month, as on the medal. No. 3] 5645 {anno m:mdi\ Diameter: 1.4 inches, in form of a star of six points. A silver specimen is in the collection of Dr. J. Brettauer, of Trieste, to whom I am indebted for the description. Apparently another medal was designed with the same reverse as No, i, but with a different obverse.
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