Watch List notes:

Germany > Prussia: Daniel Itzig 70th birthday commemoration medal, 1793 by Jewish medallists Abraham & Jacob Abramson; struck in pewter/ white metal; weight: 29.25g; size: 45mm; thickness: 3.5mm. Obverse: right-facing Itzig with name & Latin birthday ref. Reverse: 'Charity' covering & feeding needy child; Latin legend "Bene Merenti" ['Well Deserved'] + 3-lines Latin legend in exergue "Pietas Filii | Natv Maioris | MDCCLXXXXIII" ['In Reverence Dedicated by the Eldest Son 1793']. Itzig (1723-99) was a Prussian banker, owner of lead-factories & Berlin oil-mill; 1756 appointed "Münzjude" (mint-master) by Frederick the Great, and helped finance & equip King's armies [through Jewish contractors] during Seven Years War (1756-63); helped found Berlin school for poor Jewish children; head of Prussian Jewish communities (1775-99); 1797 appointed "Hofbankier" (court-banker) to Frederick William II. Retains some luster; JM-55/134, JMM-38-39, GJPM-14.