Bidspirit auction | Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (“Jud Süß”)

Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (“Jud Süß”) – Illustrated Historical Display Printed exhibition sheet illustrating a German Schraubtaler (screw or box medal) containing 17 hand-coloured roundels depicting episodes from the life, trial and execution of Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (c.1698–1738), financial adviser to Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg. German explanatory text, with enlarged reproductions of the medal and its contents. Mounted on brown board; condition as shown. Note: The heading “Schraubtaler 1699” appears historically incorrect; 1699 refers approximately to Oppenheimer’s birth year. Comparable original box medals commemorating his rise and fall are dated 1738,