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    Title

  • Honorary Medallion for Georg and Margarethe Bender

  • Physical Description

    1 medal : bronze ; 8 cm. (2.8 in.) diam

  • Summary

    Honorary medallion for the mayor of Breslau, Georg Bender and his wife Margarethe, on occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary:

    Recto: profile portraits of Georg and Margarethe Bender and the inscription, "Georg und Margarethe Bender 1878 29. Dezember 1903" with the creator’s signature "F. Seger fec. 1903". Verso: naked young man holding a laurel wreath, standing on wheat and the inscription, “Der Magistrat der Haupt- und Residenzstadt Breslau”.

  • Depicted

    Bender, Georg, 1848-1924

  • Medium

    Objects; Medals

  • Part Of

    Paula Ollendorff Collection, AR 3060

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Biographical/Historical Information

The German politician Georg Bender (1848-1924) served as mayor of Breslau.

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Citation

Honorary Medallion for Georg and Margarethe Bender, Leo Baeck Institute, 66.2.