c1920 Boris Schatz Four Bronze Medals Bezalel Israel Jewish Antique Judaica

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c1920 Boris Schatz Four Bronze Medals Bezalel Israel Jewish Antique Judaica:
$689.00

These are ORIGINAL Boris Schatz solid bronze plaques made circa 1920 and sold by the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. These originals are not to be confused with the fakes / copies which flood , which are: 1) Those made of sterling silver, are hollow, and come mounted on a frame. Those were made in the 1970\'s, for tourists visiting Israel 2) Copper or brass (sometimes stated as bronze), plaques that are hollow / have no backing. Those are new copies intended to fool naive collectors.

Both the 1970\'s silver issues and the copper/brass issues have no antique value. They are garbage.

Each of these plaques measure 2.75 inches by 2 inches. You can see remnants of adhesive on the reverse of two of the plaques, as they have been removed from old frames. These plaques title each subject in Hebrew, and are signed with the Hebrew initials of Schatz. Shown is \"Havdalah\" (end of Sabbath service), portrait of Professor Gotthard Deutsch, the prophet Jeremiah writing on his scroll with the city of Jerusalem behind him, and the blowing of the Shofar during the High Holidays.