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Coins, Medals & Israeliana: Events & Commemorations

Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30590 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $30 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Great Britain: 1937 Royal Coronation/Patron gilded bronze token of the Norwood Jewish Orphanage; not maker-marked; size: 28mm; weight: 9.9g. Obv: the structure w/leg: "The Jewish
Orphanage Norwood | Patron H.M. King George VI". Rev: twin left-facing busts of newly coronated King & Queen; leg: "Coronation George VI & Elizabeth ? May 12th 1937". In VF, but lack of detail in
places also the result of a filled die; retains much original luster. The Orphanage originated as a charity, founded in 1785 in London by Abraham and Benjamin Goldsmid; in 1815, following their deaths,
Prince Augustus Frederick, the Duke of Sussex (Queen Victoria?s uncle), became the Hospital?s first royal patron. The actual home for Jewish children, Norwood Hall of West Norwood, opened in 1863
and closed in 1961.
Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30591 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $25 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Great Britain: token issued by the Jewish Orphanage of Norwood to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953, who also served
as the patron of the orphanage.

Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30592 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $15 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Israel: Participants pin of the 1953 International Congress on History of Science in Jerusalem; maker-marked "Kuf" (Kretchmer); size: 35mm; weight:
3.55g. This was the 7th such congress of the Division of History of Science and Technology (DHST) of the International Council for Science (ICSU), held in
August; over 100 foreign scholars and scientists took part in the 10 day event.
Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30593 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $15 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Israel: Round illustrated metal participation stick-pin of the 1953 "Conquest of the Desert" exhibition held in Jerusalem depicting the official emblem
of the event; size: 22.75 x 33.5mm; weight: 1.55g. The exhibition was a world-fair held between 22 Sept. and 14 Oct., focusing on reclamation and population
of the [Negev] desert; 13 foreign countries participated and 600,000 people attended.

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