בידספיריט | נכס Rishon LeZion token with bust | 8/4/2019 | היסטוראמה

Rishon LeZion token with bust of Herzl, probably commemorating his visit, 1898 - Palestine (Russia?): Rishon LeZion settlement/ Theodore Herzl commemorative token, circa. 1898 ; bronze; not maker-marked; size: 26mm x 27mm; weight: 6.55g. Obverse: view of Rishon LeZion settlement with legend (Yeshayahu, ch. 41) ”The first to Zion ['Rishon LeZion'] here they are, and to Jerusalem a portent I shall give” & ”Colonia Rishon LeZion” at base; Hebrew date ”1882” in exergue. A rare (3rd) variant of these Rishon LeZion tallions : appears to commemorate Herzl's visit there on 26 Oct. 1898 , whose arrival was met with excitement and pride , per winery director David Yudilovich's diary: ”And here approached me a fellow countryman... and presents: Dr. Herzl. It was as if I froze, I was seized by trembling and fear. A tremor passed through my body . I didn't know what to do with myself. The whole group entered the large hall. And I stand and am astonished: Herzl is in Eretz Israel?! Herzl is here?! Herzl is here?! And in the official's [of Rothschild] house?! ...” Herzl stayed overnight, visiting the winery, the house of Rothschild's official, and being entertained by Rishon LeZion's symphony orchestra . Spelling mistakes in the text suggest foreign manufacture . This piece is missing the tallion but bears better details than another which sold for $250 in Auction 6. Rare. Product Tags: Holylandish, Russian Exonumia, Medals, Medallions & Tokens, Zionist Tokens & Medals and Judaic Tokens & Medals from Holyland, Russia and from 1882-1903 1st Aliya, 19th Century which are Objects with Biblical or Jewish Religious references or Hebrew Dates, Hebrew on/in non-Israeli object, Object Related Specifically to a Personality or Key Event,