Rare Bronze Plaque Depicting Shalom Aleichem, Chaim Weizmann, and Edmund Allenby, 1933. Cast bronze plaque featuring three left-facing profile busts in high relief, mounted on its original dark-stained wooden backing. The figures represent the celebrated Yiddish author Shalom Aleichem, Zionist leader and first President of Israel Chaim Weizmann, and British General Edmund Allenby, whose 1917 capture of Jerusalem was widely viewed as a pivotal moment in Jewish and Zionist history.
The lower edge of the bronze is inscribed in Russian Cyrillic, identifying the figures and dated 1933, placing the work within the interwar period and reflecting Eastern European Jewish cultural and political consciousness during a time of rising antisemitism and intensified Zionist activity. The composition unites literary, political, and military symbolism, underscoring the intertwined narratives of Jewish identity, cultural revival, and national aspiration.
The bronze shows a deep, even patina with age-appropriate surface wear. The wooden mount exhibits handling marks consistent with display.
Estimated Value $200 - 300
Judaica
