By: Cherrystone Auctions
lot # 2040 - Israel
1918 (12 Oct) handwritten two-page letter (in Hebrew) from David Ben Gurion to Nina Berlin (first Jewish woman volunteer accepted into the British Army as a nurse) on stationery of the Jewish Legion, with attractive Coat of Arms letterhead, signed "David", also unused picture postcard of Ben Gurion in uniform with Star of David patch of the Jewish Legion (after the Balfour Declaration of November 1917, Ben-Gurion, with the interest of Zionism in mind, joined the newly formed Jewish Legion of the British Army and volunteered for the 38th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, one of the four which constituted the Jewish Legion. His unit fought against the Turks as part of Chaytor's Force during the Palestine Campaign). A rare document and postcard
Estimate: $500
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