By: Cherrystone Auctions
lot # 2048 - Israel
1948 (9 June) vellum with memorial for a soldier who fell in War of Independence, signed by David Ben Gurion, fine (David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973) was the primary national founder of the State of Israel and the first Prime Minister of Israel. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935, and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive, he was the de facto leader and largely led the struggle for an independent Jewish state. On 14 May 1948, he formally proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel, and was the first to sign the Israeli Declaration of Independence. Ben-Gurion led Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and united the various Jewish militias into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). He is known as Israel's founding father)
Estimate: $200
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