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Sep 4, 2018
Israel
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LOT 24:

Medallion - The Sanhedrin of Napoleon Bonaparte, France 1806.

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Medallion - The Sanhedrin of Napoleon Bonaparte, France 1806.
A bronze medallion commemorating the "Sanhedrin" convention by Napoleon. [France, 1806]. Design: Depaulis (interior) and Dupres (back). Signed on both sides.
Interior: Napoleon's portrait and the inscription "Napoleon Emp. Et Roii" [Napoleon - Emperor and King].
Reverse: Napoleon holds the tablets of the Covenant that have just been handed over to him by Moses (kneeling in front of him, with horns on his head). At the bottom is the inscription "Grand Sanhedrin XXX Mai MDCCCVI" On May 30, 1806, Napoleon summoned a meeting of the Jewish community's dignitaries. The "Sanhedrin of Paris" meeting was called an assembly of Jewish rabbis in France, founded by Napoleon Bonaparte to increase the control of the Jews in his empire , But also to gain their sympathy.
Diameter: 40 mm.
Condition; Very Good.

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