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Mystery Solved and What a Surprise

harashaharasha Posts: 3,096 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I periodically had searched for information about this sweet medal, but could find nothing until yesterday, Finally got a hit on the name. A specimen was listed in the 1914 inventory from the Kunsthalle zu Hamburg. And the medallist; Benno Elkan. This prominent sculptor may best be known for the menorah sitting in front of the Israeli Knesset, in Jerusalem. I am thinking that this medal was a private commission.

Honors flysis Income beezis Onches nobis Inob keesis

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  • cachemancacheman Posts: 3,118 ✭✭✭

    Congrats on this beautiful piece. All of Benno's work is rare to extremely rare.

    Here's a different medal example of his, Benno

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,371 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Probably commissioned for the child's third birthday in 1911. A small number were probably made for distribution to close family members.

    I'm guessing the family that commissioned it was from Switzerland. Do you know anything about Friedrich Bernhard?

    All glory is fleeting.
  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,096 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Couldn't find out anything about the child. I think you are correct about the Swiss nationality. The vendor that sold the medal to me identified the medal as being of Swedish origin, but if that is a nation's flag, it clearly is Swiss.

    Honors flysis Income beezis Onches nobis Inob keesis

    DPOTD
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