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Auction 6  9 Oct 2018
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Lot 214
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US: Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise / Hebrew Union College 70th Anniv. bronze medal, 1945; not marker-marked; 63mm, 88.35g. obverse: College & leg "HUC | Three Score and Ten" (ref. 46 years since Wise's passing away) & commem. dates 1875 - 1945 + Hebrew legend "Source of Living Waters" at base. reverse: right bust of Rabbi Wise + name & "Founder". Wise (1819-1900) emigrated to US to lead a Reform Jewish congregation; wrote first widely accepted "Minhag America" prayer book; founded Hebrew Union College as a theological seminary & Central Conference of American Rabbis. In AU-UNC, with surface scratch/metal imperfection on obverse
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