HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale

Israel: rare service pin of the 9th Palmach "Mechanized Attack Battalion" ("Gdud Pshita Memuchan"), 1948-49; weight: 3g, size: 1.5 x 3cm. Aka the "Attack Battalion" ("Gdud Pshita") of the Negev Brigade. Formed June 1948 from "Negev Beasts" commando + 2 armoured jeep companies, motorized infantry & halftrack company; absorbed "French Commando", foreign Jewish volunteers + veterans of Palmach sea force ("PalYam"), reaching 500 men incl 70 women by Fall 1948, commanded by Chaim Bar-Lev (future Chief of Staff). Unit fought in Negev region; Feb-Mar. 1949 reconnaisance missions prior to conquest of S. Negev & Eilat; after war, frontier guard duties; Sept. 1949 assigned to 7th Armoured Brigade.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $224. 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: Israeli Militaria - metal militaria, Israel 1948, Haganah & Zionist Underground and Militaria from Israel and from 1947-49 Israel War of Independence, 20th Century, 1940s, 1945-1949 Postwar era, which are elite military units