Jewish Zionistic Medallion Rishon Le-Zion #8, Theodor Herzl, Rishon Le- Zion. for Sale

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Jewish Zionistic Medallion Rishon Le-Zion #8, Theodor Herzl, Rishon Le- Zion. For Sale

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Jewish Zionistic Medallion Rishon Le-Zion #8, Theodor Herzl, Rishon Le- Zion.:
$325.00

Wonderful Very Rare Vintage Jewish Zionistic Medallion Rishon Le-Zion #8, Theodor Herzl, Rishon Le- Zion, Very Rare Hebrew Medallion, Judaica, Pre-Holocaust, Collection. Description:On obverse depicts scene of rolling orchard and fields, with homes in background, in exergue, Hebrew date of \"5642\" (1882) around the upper edge the legend in Hebrew \"The first to Zion \'Rishon LeZion\' here they are, and to Jerusalem a portent I shall give\" (Yeshayahu, chapter 41), and along the bottom edge, \"Colonia Rishon LeZion\".On reverse an image of Dr. Theodor Herzl facing right.The Jewish settlement of Rishon LeZion was founded as a \"moshava\" - an agricultural community with private ownership of the land - by a group of Russian Zionists called the \"Yesod HaMa\'alah [\'source of elevation\'] Pioneers Committee\" in 1882 difficult conditions, lack of agricultural skills and political infighting hindered the development of the settlement and already in 1883, the pionneers approached Edmund Rothschild for financial assistance.By 1887 the settlement was being underwritten by Rothschild, but it was also developing, the \"Carmel\" winery was established there in 1886 and the Great Synagogue was inaugurated in 1889. Today Rishon LeZion is Israel\'s fourth-largest and fastest growing city.The images of orderly landscapes, of labor and prayer on this medallion suggest that it was made some time around the establishment of the Great Synagogue - either in 1889 to commemorate the event itself, or around 1892, when the settlement was 10 years old.There are some indications that the medal was manufactured abroad, probably in Russia: the uneven spacing of the Hebrew letters, particularly on the lower obverse, suggest that the designer did not know the language; the letter \"Yud\" appears as a hyphen; the date also bears the double-apostrophe over the wrong letter. Another indication is the use of the non-Hebrew word \"Colonia\" in place of something in Hebrew like \"moshava\" or \"yishuv\": the word \"colonia\" was used particularly in Russia to refer to the then new phenomenon of Jewish villages of privately-owned land, established in the south of that country in the late 19th Century.Year: 1882
Measures: ± 22.66mm x 25.55 mm
Weight: ± 3.1g
Metal: Brass
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