HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale

Russia/Soviet Union: Emmerich Kálmán centennary commemorative bronze medal, 1983, by Jewish medallist Mark G. Salman (b. 1938); size: 60mm; weight: 107.2g. Obverse: front-facing Kalman with dates of birth & death. Reverse: conductor's stick, flying carpets & sheet music over grand set of stairs & arches; "Imre Kalman" in Russian & "Kalman Emmerich" in English. Kalman (1882-1953) was a Jewish-Hungarian composer of operettas, together with Franz Lehár (Catholic) helped bring Viennese operetta to its "silver age" in early 1920's. Both favorites of Hitler's, but Kalman declined Hitler's offer to be "honorary Aryan" & fled. Mintage: 850 pcs.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $29. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid received once the bid level passes the midway mark between the starting bid price and the initial buyout price. In such cases please check the latest buyout price on our homesite or contact us.
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Product Tags: Soviet, Russian, Austrian, Exonumia, Medals, Medallions & Tokens, Jewish Personalities and Judaic Tokens & Medals from Soviet Union, Russia, Austria, and from 20th Century, 1980s, Cold War which are Object Related Specifically to a Personality or Key Event