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    Title

  • New Community Building : Munich Synagogue

  • Physical Description

    1 medal : silver ; 1.8" x 1.8" (5 cm. x 5 cm.)

  • Date

    1972

  • Notes

    The original medal from 1887 is held in the LBI Art and Objects Collection, 61.150.

  • Summary

    Medal commemorating the main synagogue in Munich, destroyed in 1939.

    Recto: Replica of the original dedication medal in 1887 with a frontal view of the building, surrounded by the text in German and Hebrew, “New Synagogue in Munich”. German text below, “built by Albert Schmidt, 1887".

    Verso: A rendition of the ruins of the old synagogue incorporated into a wall. Text above in Hebrew: quote from Zachariah 3:2, “Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?”; text below in German, “New community building”.

    Rim edge: "Israel" in Hebrew and English; "Silver 935" in Hebrew and "Sterling" in English; issue date, "Av 14, 5732 - 25.7.1972".

  • Subject

    Synagogues, Germany, Munich

  • Medium

    Medals

  • Part Of

    Werner and Gisella Cahnmann, AR 25210

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Citation

New Community Building : Munich Synagogue, Leo Baeck Institute, 2008.033.