Antique silver Tora breastplate from Czechoslovakia 1928

Silver Srebrny breastplate from Czechoslovakia, dated 1928, circa 1928. High-quality embossed and carved silver sheet in shield shape, featuring two side scrolls starting from an oval cartouche with Jewish inscriptions, above which is a horizontal groove accessible from the back by sliding the sheet. In the center are two magnificent Judas lions with heads turned outward, holding two tables topped with the Star of David. The upper part is decorated with rich drapery of a curtain in an arched frame crowned with a non-essential crown attached to the plaque by three nailed thorns.

In the lower left corner of the plaque, there is a mark in an oval field with a pointed tip facing down and a profile of a woman with a covered head, along with the number 3 referring to silver works titled 800/000 from the years 1922-1929 in Czechoslovakia. To the right, within a square, the initials A P refer to a silver coin.

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