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AEG Medal of Merit
Lost Art-ID
623741
Artist / Creator
Hahn, Hermann (1868)
Birth
1868.11.28, Kloster Veilsdorf
Death
1942, München
Title
AEG Medal of Merit
Dating
1908/1930
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Silver) / embossed ; eyed
Height
5.80 cm
Width
4.00 cm
Weight
40.10 g
Inventory number
M-1960-6
Description
Obverse: Bust portrait of Emil Rathenau to the left. Below the signature H. HAHN, legend: EMIL RATHENAV LXX IAHRE ALT XI DEZ MCMVIII; reverse: An eagle stands on a liberty cap (pilus) to the left with wings folded. Above him a bundle of lightning. In the left field a cricket/locusts, legend: A E G B E W FVER VERDIENST VND - TREVE; good condition.
Provenance
Hermann Hahn (Kloster Veilsdorf 28 Nov. 1868 - 18 Aug. 1945 Pullach Isartal), Munich, between 1908 and 1930 - ? (1); [...] (2); unknown Jewish property, Hamburg, ? - 1939/1940 (3); compulsory levy in the course of the ‘Third Order based on the Decree on the Registration of Property of Jews’ to the German Reich, 1939/1940 (4); purchase from there by the Hanseatic City of Hamburg, presumably 1940 - 1945 (5); [...] (6); confiscated by the Hamburg tax authorities under the control of the British occupying power, 1945 - ? (7); trust property of the Jewish Trust Corporation, after 1950 - 1959 (8); purchased from there by the Hanseatic City of Hamburg, 1959 - 12 May 1960 (9); gift to the Hamburger Kunsthalle, 12 May 1960 (10).
Published since
Contact
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Glockengießerwall
20095 Hamburg
Germany
Phone
(040) 428131-207
Fax
(040) 42854-2559
Contact
Prof. Dr. Alexander Klar
Position
Direktor
Phone
040 428131 207
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