Coins and Historical Medals

GERMANY, Gabriel Riesser, 1836, a copper medal by L. Held, divine mother nursing two infants, flanked by seated female figures representing Judaism and Christianity, rev. legend and date in six lines, 60mm (Wurzb. 7919; cf. Peus 423, 1520). About extremely fine £60-£80

Dr Gabriel Riesser (1806-63), German lawyer and politician, advocate for Jewish emancipation