Germany Judaica Julius Theodor/Sophie Erbstein wedding anniversary token 1880

Germany Judaica Julius Theodor/Sophie Erbstein wedding anniversary token 1880

Germany > Dresden: Theodor & Sophie Erbstein golden wedding anniversary cast token, 1880; uneven planchet, silvered bronze(?); not maker-marked; size: 20.75mm; weight: 2.45g. Obverse: 8 line legend "The Happy Couple Theodor and Sophie Erbstein on [their] Golden Wedding Anniversary". Reverse: couples' 1st initial T + S within wreath; Star of David above emitting rays. Julius Theodor Erbstein (1803- 1882), was a lawyer, chief State archivist & numismatist, son Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Erbstein; he & J. H. Sophie (b. Muller) both born 1803; sons Julius & Albert Erbstein both well-known numismatists & Dresden museum directors.


Product Tags: German Exonumia, Medals, Medallions & Tokens, Medals & Tokens of Jewish Customs and Rituals and Judaic Tokens & Medals from Germany and from 19th Century, which are Objects with Biblical or Jewish Religious references or Hebrew Dates