Israel: Palmach emblem breast badge, 1948; not maker-marked (Yitzhak Meir's design based on Shoshana Spector's original); 1.35g. Twin-prong loop reverse - unusual. Issued to everyone who was a Palmach member prior to 29 November 1947 during a Palmach assembly at the 'HaBima' theater commemorating the force's 7th anniversary, on 7 May 1948. Worn on the left pocket flap & replaced 1951 by War of...
Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5
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Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5
Our new mail auction opens 1 Oct. and runs until 20:00 Israel-time on Wed. Oct. 25th. The sale features a nicely developed and balanced selection of 661 lots of high quality items covering ancient to modern numismatics & exonumia; Judaica (religious books, Rabbinic letters and signatures, Hassidic items, medallic items and ephemera) and Judaic tokens & medals; Israeliana; Jewish, Israeli & Arabian militaria and philately. There are 661 single-item and multiple-item lots, something for every taste and interest. More information is available here.
The philatelic offering is our best yet, highlighted by an extraordinary assembly of postal history documenting the Arab-Israeli conflict (1947 to present); WWII postal links w/Palestine; ‘Baghdad overland mail’; 1948-era mail incl. Israeli interim-period, emergency + early foreign postal links, besieged towns, early postage dues & mail of Arab armies in Palestine; Mandate & Israeli postal history; Mandate cachets & postal markings; Red Cross & POW mail; censored mail; British WWI EEF mail from Egypt; rare Jerusalem postmarks; Jewish/Zionist stamps; Jewish Brigade & displaced persons mail.
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Lot #50175LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
Israel: Palmach Har'el Brigade(?) War of Independence campaign badge, c. 1948-49; not maker-marked; size: 20 x 25mm; weight: 1.85g. Although pin does not identify a specific unit & only bears legend "Palmach" at base, design is very similar to those used by 4th & 5th Battalions of Harel Brigade, which served in the Jerusalem area - and this depicts winding road through the hills to Jerusalem. As does...
Lot #50176LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
Israel: unit pin of 4th Battalion of "Har'el Brigade" of Palmach, circa. 1948-49; not maker-marked; weight: 3.35g. Design based on Palmach's emblem by Shoshana Spector (sword across two ears of wheat w/name); it incorporates the 4th Battalion's name with word "Portzim" ("penetrators" /"breachers") in Heb. on the sword itself. The 4th 'Portzim' Battalion together with the 5th 'Shaar Ha'Gai' and 6th 'Jerusalem' battalions...
Lot #50177LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
Israel: rare service pin of the 9th Palmach "Mechanized Attack Battalion" ("Gdud Pshita Memuchan"), 1948-49; 3g, 1.5x3cm. Aka the "Attack Battalion" ("Gdud Pshita") of the Negev Brigade. Formed June 1948 from "Negev Beasts" commando + 2 armoured jeep cpys, motorized infantry & halftrack company; absorbed "French Commando", foreign Jewish volunteers + veterans of Palmach sea force (...
Lot #50178LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
Defender of Jerusalem ("Magen Yerushalayim") badge, 1948, w/safety-pin back; 3.15g. Two-piece badge w/white metal base shield w/"Jerusalem" & emblem of pre-State Army "Hagana" in bronze superimposed; worn on left pocket of both military & civilian dress, precursor to War of Independence campaign ribbon (instituted 1951), which replaced it (and a miniature Defender of Jerusalem pin worn on that). Awarded to...
Lot #50179LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
Israel: service pin of "Carmel Brigade", 1948; 1.55g. Unit one of 6 regular 'Hagana' bgds created at informal outbreak of War of Independence, Nov. 1947; orig. designated "2nd Brigade" & known as "Levanoni", commanded by Moshe Carmel, defending area north of Zichron Yaakov; end Feb. 1948, split into "Golani" & "Carmeli" bgds, latter assigned Western Galilee, Haifa & Mt. Carmel,...
Lot #50180LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
Pin ex 53rd battalion, Givati brigade, c. 1949-51; 1.75g. Depicts Star of David formed by rifles, above wreath & flag w/"53" above. Bn est. Nov. 1947 at start of War; initially known as 3rd Bn of Hagana's "field corps". Originally composed of youths from 'frontier' neighborhoods of TLV, so nicknamed "the suburban bn"; served in frontier zones around TLV; c. Mar. '48 assigned to region bet. Gedera & N. Negev; helped...
Lot #50181LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
War of Independence pin of the "Kiryati" Brigade, c.1948-49; 2.05g. Depicts the unit's emblem of Sword surrounded by wreath, here set against walls of ancient Jerusalem. unit formed Feb. 1948 from "field companies" of Hagana + infantry, secular & religious 'Gadna' graduates; served in the TLV-Jaffo region & protected start of transport artery to Jerusalem.
Lot #50182LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
Israel: "Gush Dan 1924-1949" region Jubilee commemoratve pin, c.1949; 2.05g. Shield-shaped pin depicting rifle, grenade & olive branch of recently won War of Independence (1948-49), which was fought in the immediate environs & surroundings of Gush Dan, whose major cities are TLV-Jaffo, Ramat Gan, Givatayim, Bnei Brak & Herzliya. Probably issued to residents who fought in the War. Rarely encountered.
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Lot #50183LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
Pin probably belonging to the Lechi underground organization, with the twin-fingered emblem of the organization & legend below "If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem", circa. 1948; size: 31mm high, 1.75g. Lechi's emblem was only adopted in 1948 and org. was disbanded the same year. This pin should not to be confused with a near-identical but different pin of the 21st (1939) Zionist Congress.
Lot #50184LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
Irgun/Etzel member's badge with safety-pin back, circa. 1940's; 18.5 x 20mm, 2.05g. The design is of the Irgun's emblem set again the crenalated battlements of the Old City of Jerusalem (slightly miscut here), with the organization's motto "only thus" in the exergue.
Lot #50185LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
Palestine/Israel: numbered decoration of Irgun/Etzel, c. late 1940s-early 1950's; not maker-marked; 25.25 x 12.50mm, 3.3g. Single curved rectangular metal piece w/2 stripes on coarse surface, w/Etzel's emblem in circle in center. Rev.: stamped number (4656) & screw. Undocumented: some say issued to members in Jewish Brigade, but serial numbers higher than Brigade's size. Probably awarded during/after 1948...
Lot #50186LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
Pin of the "Convention of the Generation of the Revolt", 1958; 19mm, 0.85g. Menachem Begin organized Convention to coincide w/Israel's 10th anniversary (Passover eve) & represent a counter-memorial (counter historical narrative) for fallen "Etzel" & "Lechi" members against perceived establishment-supported commem. of heritage of "Hagana" at expense of Revisionist orgs; to leverage event's publicity to...
Lot #50187LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
Pin of the "Exhibition of the Revolt", 1958; 1.6 x 2.4cm, 1.05g. Design of torch held by hand & legend "Exhibition of the Revolt". Event took place 14 Dec. 1958 (last day of Chanukka) at the Jabotinski Institute in TLV. Menachem Begin (leader of the Freedom ['Herut'] Party) delivered a speech expounding on the miracle of the victory of underground fighters of the Etzel, and their steadfastness as the few...
Lot #50188LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
War of Independence pre-State era enlistment card: issued by the Center of the Command for National Service for a Yitzhak Avrahami son of Nachum, born 1906 & residing in J'lem; signed & stamped by the center to confirm his reporting to duty; stamped on back by circular illustrated cachet bearing name "Metzuda" (citadel) - possibly referring to the J'lem location person reported to. The issuing body "Mifkad haAm"...
Lot #50189LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
Original photo of a soldier participating in the first IDF parade (in Tel Aviv) of 27 July 1948 (this evidenced by orderly surrounding: the next parade of 4 May 1949 was cancelled when the crowds burst into the streets at the start of the parade); here soldier wears what appears to be a British paratrooper helmet with Star of David painted on (non-regulation design). Printed on postcard stationary.
Lot #50190LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
War of Independence "Occupied Zone in South J'lem" [military] pass: numbered pass made out "To the Military Governor | Occupied Zone in South J'lem" dated 17-6-48 (c. week after siege on the city), requesting passage for a certain soldier to leave the zone on the 21st until 430pm that day; stamped by oval cachet of "Battalion A | South Region" w/officer's signature; "unit" appears to be "Gadna", which during...
Lot #50191LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
War of Independence "Occupied Zone in South J'lem" [civilian] pass: numbered pass made out to "the Military Governor [eg. Dov Yosef] | Occupied Zone in South J'lem" dated 26 JUN 1948 (c. 2 weeks after end of siege on city), made out to "Shmuel [surname unclear]" whose ID number was 57283, assigned to unit 'Hizkiyahu' (a military engineer unit formed of members of Etzioni Brigade...
Lot #50192LA - Militaria > 1948 era militaria
Lot 5x documents related to IDF & pre-IDF defence: 1) 27-01-1944 dated receipt for 2 Lira contribution to wartime "Magbit Hitgaysut ve Hatzala" (campaign for enlistment & salvation) & stamped by J'lem branch thereof; 2) 24-03-1948 dated pre-IDF receipt for 75 Lira "Tax for our Defence" initiative of above campaign & stamped by its secretariate; 3) 27-09-1948 dated...
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