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LOT a50033-LA:
Germany: "Feather Jew" medal in pewter, c. 1670-1710; by Christian Wermuth; 41.5mm, 21.95g. Obv.: ...
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Germany: "Feather Jew" medal in pewter, c. 1670-1710; by Christian Wermuth; 41.5mm, 21.95g. Obv.: hunched-over Jew with feathers in his hat and sack on back bearing the words "VITIA PROPRIA" ("His Own Faults"); Ger. leg. "ICH TRAGE DIE FEDERN DAS JEDERMANN SCHAUT" / "EIN ANDER TRAGET SIE DER ES NICHT TRAUT" ("I wear the feathers which everyone can see, another wears them as a decoy") & "IE DU FEDER IUDE" / "NOSCE TE IPSUM" ("Hey You Feather Jew" | "Know Thyself"). Rev.: 9 line leg. in Ger. & Latin in rhyming stanza. In F; Kirschner Nr. 11, Fieweger-77, JM-10 & 111.
