Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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![Album with 57 high quality photographs of Palestine. Unidentified photographer, [ca. 1930s]. Many photographs from Jerusalem](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale60-public/102.jpg "Album with High Quality Photographs from Palestine")
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Album with 57 high quality photographs of Palestine. Unidentified photographer, [ca. 1930s].
Many photographs from Jerusalem and the surroundings; photographs from Nazareth, the Sea of Galilee, Jericho, and some other places. All the photographs are of the same size. Titled and numbered in the plate. Mounted on the album leaves; bound in a leather binding with a repousée plaque depicting the Tower of David.
Photographs: 11.5X16 cm, good condition. Some photographs are partly detached. Album: 31X44 cm. Good condition. Slight defects at margins.
Many photographs from Jerusalem and the surroundings; photographs from Nazareth, the Sea of Galilee, Jericho, and some other places. All the photographs are of the same size. Titled and numbered in the plate. Mounted on the album leaves; bound in a leather binding with a repousée plaque depicting the Tower of David.
Photographs: 11.5X16 cm, good condition. Some photographs are partly detached. Album: 31X44 cm. Good condition. Slight defects at margins.
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Maps, Travels in Palestine, Photography
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![About 80 photographs from Palestine. [ca. 1930s]. Photographs documenting sites, views and people in Palestine - Jerusalem, T](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale60-public/103_1.jpg "Album of Photographs from Palestine / Leaves with Descriptions of the")
![About 80 photographs from Palestine. [ca. 1930s]. Photographs documenting sites, views and people in Palestine - Jerusalem, T](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale60-public/103_2.jpg "Album of Photographs from Palestine / Leaves with Descriptions of the")
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
About 80 photographs from Palestine. [ca. 1930s].
Photographs documenting sites, views and people in Palestine - Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Haifa, Bethlehem, Jericho, Dead Sea, and more. Most photographs are arranged on Bristol leaves (with corner-stickers, on detached leaves, without the album) and numbered; two handwritten leaves with detailed descriptions of each photograph (sometimes with historic or geographic information) accompany the photographs.
Total of about 75 photographs on Bristol leaves + five loose photographs. Average size: 6.5X9 cm. Good to very good condition. Leaves: 23X32.5 cm. Good condition. Torn holes at margins.
Photographs documenting sites, views and people in Palestine - Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Haifa, Bethlehem, Jericho, Dead Sea, and more. Most photographs are arranged on Bristol leaves (with corner-stickers, on detached leaves, without the album) and numbered; two handwritten leaves with detailed descriptions of each photograph (sometimes with historic or geographic information) accompany the photographs.
Total of about 75 photographs on Bristol leaves + five loose photographs. Average size: 6.5X9 cm. Good to very good condition. Leaves: 23X32.5 cm. Good condition. Torn holes at margins.
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![Photo album which belonged to a British soldier who served in Palestine and the surroundings. [ca. 1930s]. The album contains](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale60-public/104.jpg "Album of Photographs - British Soldier - Beersheba, the Negev and Egyp")
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Photo album which belonged to a British soldier who served in Palestine and the surroundings. [ca. 1930s].
The album contains 56 photographs portraying views and sites in Palestine and in particular in the Negev (as well as ten photographs from Egypt). Among the photographs: mosque in Beersheba, cemetery for casualties of World War I in Beersheba, Bedouins in the Negev, Bir 'Asluj, loading camels in Gaza, Aqaba port, ship on the Nile, Alexandria, the shore of Tel-Aviv, Haifa port, Arab market in Jerusalem, Nablus Gate, Mosque of Omar, Church of Annunciation, Bethlehem and more. Numerous photographs are titled (in English) on the leaf to which they are attached. Some photographs are also titled on verso.
Photographs: approx. 6.5X5 cm to 10.5X6.5 cm. Album: 28.5X19.5 cm. Good overall condition. Lacking photographs.
The album contains 56 photographs portraying views and sites in Palestine and in particular in the Negev (as well as ten photographs from Egypt). Among the photographs: mosque in Beersheba, cemetery for casualties of World War I in Beersheba, Bedouins in the Negev, Bir 'Asluj, loading camels in Gaza, Aqaba port, ship on the Nile, Alexandria, the shore of Tel-Aviv, Haifa port, Arab market in Jerusalem, Nablus Gate, Mosque of Omar, Church of Annunciation, Bethlehem and more. Numerous photographs are titled (in English) on the leaf to which they are attached. Some photographs are also titled on verso.
Photographs: approx. 6.5X5 cm to 10.5X6.5 cm. Album: 28.5X19.5 cm. Good overall condition. Lacking photographs.
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Maps, Travels in Palestine, Photography
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Album with about 120 photographs, titled by hand on the leaves (English), documenting the service of a soldier in the British Military Engineering forces in Egypt and Palestine (most photographs are from Egypt). Ca. 1930s.
The album includes: * About 15 photographs from Palestine and Jerusalem (Western Wall, Dome of the Rock, Gethsemane, Amrican Colony, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, figures in the Old City, Nazareth, Ramla and more). * Dozens of photographs of bridge and canals (constructing a bridge in Ismailia, assembling a floating bridge on Lake Timsah, attack-bridges for infrantry soldiers, manual ferry, many photographs of sea vessels in the Suez Canal and the sweet water canal in Ismailia, and more). * Dozens of photographs of sites and views in Cairo, Port Said, Ismailia and other places in Egypt (Pyramids, Sphinx, fishermen village, women pumping water, Arab policeman riding a camel, Bedouins in traditional costumes, vendors' carts and more). * More photographs.
Some of the photographs portray, most probably, soldiers from the unit in which the album owner served, during operations of assembling bridges and other operations.
Total of about 120 photographs. Average size: approx. 9X6 cm. Good condition. Slight defects. Album: approx. 21.5X16 cm. Slight damages to margins of leaves. Leather binding, slightly worn.
The album includes: * About 15 photographs from Palestine and Jerusalem (Western Wall, Dome of the Rock, Gethsemane, Amrican Colony, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, figures in the Old City, Nazareth, Ramla and more). * Dozens of photographs of bridge and canals (constructing a bridge in Ismailia, assembling a floating bridge on Lake Timsah, attack-bridges for infrantry soldiers, manual ferry, many photographs of sea vessels in the Suez Canal and the sweet water canal in Ismailia, and more). * Dozens of photographs of sites and views in Cairo, Port Said, Ismailia and other places in Egypt (Pyramids, Sphinx, fishermen village, women pumping water, Arab policeman riding a camel, Bedouins in traditional costumes, vendors' carts and more). * More photographs.
Some of the photographs portray, most probably, soldiers from the unit in which the album owner served, during operations of assembling bridges and other operations.
Total of about 120 photographs. Average size: approx. 9X6 cm. Good condition. Slight defects. Album: approx. 21.5X16 cm. Slight damages to margins of leaves. Leather binding, slightly worn.
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Maps, Travels in Palestine, Photography
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $700
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Album of photographs compiled by a British soldier who served in the Royal Army Service Corps, from his stay in Palestine, [ca. 1938].
The album contains 137 photographs, among them: * Photographs from the sail to Palestine (photographs of soldiers on board of a ship, photographs of the shores of Gibraltar, Algiers and Malta, and more). * Photographs of various sites in Haifa: base of the Army Service Corps, food warehouses, Casino Bat Galim, Mount Carmel lighthouse, Haifa port, and more. * Group photographs of soldiers and photographs recording various activities of soldiers during leisure time (football game in costumes, visiting the pool, military orchestra and more). * More photographs.
The photographs are titled on the album leaves by hand (English) and some are dated 1938; on the inside of the front cover appears the name of the album's owner - "C. A. Baker R. A. S. C.".
137 photographs, 13.5X9 cm (two photographs are larger) in a 40X29 cm album. Most photographs are mounted on the album leaves. Good overall condition. One photograph is missing from one of the leaves. Creases at corners of leaves. Tears and creases to tissue guards. Slight defects to binding of album.
The album contains 137 photographs, among them: * Photographs from the sail to Palestine (photographs of soldiers on board of a ship, photographs of the shores of Gibraltar, Algiers and Malta, and more). * Photographs of various sites in Haifa: base of the Army Service Corps, food warehouses, Casino Bat Galim, Mount Carmel lighthouse, Haifa port, and more. * Group photographs of soldiers and photographs recording various activities of soldiers during leisure time (football game in costumes, visiting the pool, military orchestra and more). * More photographs.
The photographs are titled on the album leaves by hand (English) and some are dated 1938; on the inside of the front cover appears the name of the album's owner - "C. A. Baker R. A. S. C.".
137 photographs, 13.5X9 cm (two photographs are larger) in a 40X29 cm album. Most photographs are mounted on the album leaves. Good overall condition. One photograph is missing from one of the leaves. Creases at corners of leaves. Tears and creases to tissue guards. Slight defects to binding of album.
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Maps, Travels in Palestine, Photography
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Album of photographs recording the period during which a British soldier stayed in Palestine. Ca. 1939.
About 230 black and white photographs, mounted on the album leaves and titled by hand (English). Among them:
* About 20 photographs of the military camp in Rehovot (present day "Bilu Camp"): a guard at the gate, stables, panorama of the camp, Arab prisoners at work, streets and houses in the town, and more. * About 40 photographs of sports games and competitions: boxing tournament in "Zrifin" camp, tennis, football and cricket games, hunting and more. * About 60 photographs of encounters with the Arab population: visits in villages and homes, pumping water from a well in the desert, confiscating weapons in Merar Village and more. * Tens of photographs from settlements, sites and towns in Palestine: Jerusalem (Temple Mount, Church of all Nations, Tower of David), the Tel-Aviv shore, Jaffa, Kibutz Hulda, Nes Ziona and other places. * Seven photographs of sites and buildings in Egypt: Pyramids, the Sphinx and more.* More photographs.
The album is bound in a leather binding, with a gilt embossing of the initials "J.N." on front.
Photographs are in various sizes. Average size: 11.5X8 cm. Good overall condition. Slight defects to some photographs. Album: approx. 42X30 cm. Stained leaves, with slight creases. Slight tears and defects at margins of leaves. The binding is worn and slightly defected (mainly at spine, corners and margins). The strap for closing the album is worn and torn into two.
About 230 black and white photographs, mounted on the album leaves and titled by hand (English). Among them:
* About 20 photographs of the military camp in Rehovot (present day "Bilu Camp"): a guard at the gate, stables, panorama of the camp, Arab prisoners at work, streets and houses in the town, and more. * About 40 photographs of sports games and competitions: boxing tournament in "Zrifin" camp, tennis, football and cricket games, hunting and more. * About 60 photographs of encounters with the Arab population: visits in villages and homes, pumping water from a well in the desert, confiscating weapons in Merar Village and more. * Tens of photographs from settlements, sites and towns in Palestine: Jerusalem (Temple Mount, Church of all Nations, Tower of David), the Tel-Aviv shore, Jaffa, Kibutz Hulda, Nes Ziona and other places. * Seven photographs of sites and buildings in Egypt: Pyramids, the Sphinx and more.* More photographs.
The album is bound in a leather binding, with a gilt embossing of the initials "J.N." on front.
Photographs are in various sizes. Average size: 11.5X8 cm. Good overall condition. Slight defects to some photographs. Album: approx. 42X30 cm. Stained leaves, with slight creases. Slight tears and defects at margins of leaves. The binding is worn and slightly defected (mainly at spine, corners and margins). The strap for closing the album is worn and torn into two.
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![Collection of photographs depicting prayers and ceremonies of the Samaritan congregation on Mount Gerizim. [Ca. 1940s]. 1-2.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale60-public/108_1.jpg "Collection of Photographs - Samaritan Prayers and the Sacrificial Pass")
![Collection of photographs depicting prayers and ceremonies of the Samaritan congregation on Mount Gerizim. [Ca. 1940s]. 1-2.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale60-public/108_2.jpg "Collection of Photographs - Samaritan Prayers and the Sacrificial Pass")
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Collection of photographs depicting prayers and ceremonies of the Samaritan congregation on Mount Gerizim. [Ca. 1940s].
1-2. Two press photographs of Acme Newspictures Inc. (New York) showing a prayer of the Samaritan congregation on Mount Gerizim, Passover 1946.
20.5X15.5 cm, 18.5X18.5 cm. Good condition. Stamped on verso with the agency's ink stamp and titled on a printed leaf pasted to verso.
3-10. Eight photographs of a Passover prayer of the Samaritan congregation members on Mount Gerizim and the ceremony of the sacrificial Passover ritual. Stamped on verso: "Ephraim Haltrecht" (apparently a resident of Nahariya who was one of the designers of the town's insignia; he added to it the inscription in ancient Hebrew script).
7X11.5 cm. Good condition. Slight creases. Penciled inscriptions on verso.
1-2. Two press photographs of Acme Newspictures Inc. (New York) showing a prayer of the Samaritan congregation on Mount Gerizim, Passover 1946.
20.5X15.5 cm, 18.5X18.5 cm. Good condition. Stamped on verso with the agency's ink stamp and titled on a printed leaf pasted to verso.
3-10. Eight photographs of a Passover prayer of the Samaritan congregation members on Mount Gerizim and the ceremony of the sacrificial Passover ritual. Stamped on verso: "Ephraim Haltrecht" (apparently a resident of Nahariya who was one of the designers of the town's insignia; he added to it the inscription in ancient Hebrew script).
7X11.5 cm. Good condition. Slight creases. Penciled inscriptions on verso.
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Lot 109 Collection of Photographs - Arab Legion and Arab Fighters in Palestine - War of Independence
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $3,500
Including buyer's premium
Fifteen photographs portraying soldiers of the Arab Legion and semi-regular fighting forces during the War of Independence. [Palestine, ca. 1947-1949].
Portrayed in the photographs are soldiers, most of them wearing the "Arab Legion" badge, in uniform or with ranks, side by side with soldiers of non-regular forces or semi-regular forces, guarding, training or during routine actions. Two of the photographs depict soldiers with a looted embroidered Torah mantle. Some photographs were printed for IDF use and are stamped on the back with the ink stamp of the "Maps and Photographs Service" of the IDF.
Size varies, average size: 13X18 cm. Good overall condition. Some stains and creases. Pasting and tearing marks and glue traces on the back.
Portrayed in the photographs are soldiers, most of them wearing the "Arab Legion" badge, in uniform or with ranks, side by side with soldiers of non-regular forces or semi-regular forces, guarding, training or during routine actions. Two of the photographs depict soldiers with a looted embroidered Torah mantle. Some photographs were printed for IDF use and are stamped on the back with the ink stamp of the "Maps and Photographs Service" of the IDF.
Size varies, average size: 13X18 cm. Good overall condition. Some stains and creases. Pasting and tearing marks and glue traces on the back.
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Maps, Travels in Palestine, Photography
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $800
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
1-4. Four photographs of the Jordanian Legion in the Old City of Jerusalem, at the end of the first cease-fire: legion's soldiers in a shooting-post on the city walls; a Jordanian armored vehicle crosses the Via Dolorosa; commander of the Jordanian Legion in Jerusalem, Abdullah el-Tell, observing the Dome of the Rock from a secured building; photograph of Abdullah el-Tell with the Swedish officer Nils Brunsson (from the team of Folke Bernadotte), and the UN security officer Frank Begley.
5. Photograph of army vehicles and soldiers on the road going out of Jerusalem, in front of a barricade erected by the British Army for documents check. February 1948.
Press labels with descriptions of the photographs (English) are pasted on the back of all photographs. All photographs are stamped: "Associated Press Photo".
Approx. 20.5X15 cm. Good condition. Slight defects (mainly to margins). One photograph with creases and a scribble in pen on top (weak, with slight damage to photograph).
5. Photograph of army vehicles and soldiers on the road going out of Jerusalem, in front of a barricade erected by the British Army for documents check. February 1948.
Press labels with descriptions of the photographs (English) are pasted on the back of all photographs. All photographs are stamped: "Associated Press Photo".
Approx. 20.5X15 cm. Good condition. Slight defects (mainly to margins). One photograph with creases and a scribble in pen on top (weak, with slight damage to photograph).
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Maps, Travels in Palestine, Photography
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Twenty five press photographs of Palestine and the State of Israel. Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Rafiah, Sinai and other places, early 1930s through mid-1950s (one earlier photograph).
Among the photographs: * Chaim Weizmann and members of the "Zionist Commission" in Palsetine in 1918. * Panorama photograph of Nahum Sokolow delivering a speech during the inauguration ceremony of the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus, 1925. * Workers at Naharayim Power Plant with Lord Reading (Rufus Daniel Isaacs) and his wife, in 1932. * Three photographs of picking and packaging oranges in Jaffa, 1939. * Nine photograph from the time of the Suez crisis (David Ben-Gurion and Moshe Dayan examining a map of Sinai; Israeli nurse treating an Egyptian wounded soldier; Israeli female soldiers in a provisional air traffic control tower in an airport in Sinai; Israeli soldier reading an Egyptian newspaper in an occupied post in Rafiah; and more). * Other photographs.
Ink-stamps of news agencies, press labels (in French and English), paper cards and handwritten notes on the back of the photographs. Seven photographs with ink-stamp of the photographer Jan Jacques Levi and his signature.
Size and condition vary. Average size: approx. 20X15 cm. Good overall condition. Slight stains and defects (mainly on the back and margins). Thin paper strips with handwritten titles and dates are pasted at the upper margins of four photographs. One photograph with an open tear at upper corner and one photograph with miniature holes (at margins, not affecting photograph).
Among the photographs: * Chaim Weizmann and members of the "Zionist Commission" in Palsetine in 1918. * Panorama photograph of Nahum Sokolow delivering a speech during the inauguration ceremony of the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus, 1925. * Workers at Naharayim Power Plant with Lord Reading (Rufus Daniel Isaacs) and his wife, in 1932. * Three photographs of picking and packaging oranges in Jaffa, 1939. * Nine photograph from the time of the Suez crisis (David Ben-Gurion and Moshe Dayan examining a map of Sinai; Israeli nurse treating an Egyptian wounded soldier; Israeli female soldiers in a provisional air traffic control tower in an airport in Sinai; Israeli soldier reading an Egyptian newspaper in an occupied post in Rafiah; and more). * Other photographs.
Ink-stamps of news agencies, press labels (in French and English), paper cards and handwritten notes on the back of the photographs. Seven photographs with ink-stamp of the photographer Jan Jacques Levi and his signature.
Size and condition vary. Average size: approx. 20X15 cm. Good overall condition. Slight stains and defects (mainly on the back and margins). Thin paper strips with handwritten titles and dates are pasted at the upper margins of four photographs. One photograph with an open tear at upper corner and one photograph with miniature holes (at margins, not affecting photograph).
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Maps, Travels in Palestine, Photography
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $600
Unsold
About 560 photographs from the estate of Brigadier General Gideon Machanaymi (1928-1986). Machanaymi fought with the Palmach from 1946, joined the IDF upon its establishment, and served in the IDF until his last day.
* Album with about 85 photographs from ca. 1948-1954. Photographs from the Independence War in Safed and from Machanaymi's days with IDF during the early 1950s. Enclosed are about 40 later photographs.
* Album with about 100 photographs from ca. 1956-1959. About 70 photographs in the album are from the time of the Suez crisis and they portray, among others, Arik Sharon, Motta Gur and Avraham Vered (a military photographer who shot many of these photographs), investigating Egyptian prisoners, a burnt airplane, "Moshe Vachetzi" (Chief of Staff Moshe Levi) with Italian engineers, female-paratroopers in Sinai, and more. The album also includes about 30 photographs from 1959, a period during which Machanyami trained - with other officers - pilots in the Ethiopian army. Most photographs in the album are titled on the leaves.
* About 330 loose photographs, ca. 1960s to 1980s. Photographs of military operations, Machanaymi with senior IDF officers, family photographs, and more.
Condition varies. Good overall condition.
* Album with about 85 photographs from ca. 1948-1954. Photographs from the Independence War in Safed and from Machanaymi's days with IDF during the early 1950s. Enclosed are about 40 later photographs.
* Album with about 100 photographs from ca. 1956-1959. About 70 photographs in the album are from the time of the Suez crisis and they portray, among others, Arik Sharon, Motta Gur and Avraham Vered (a military photographer who shot many of these photographs), investigating Egyptian prisoners, a burnt airplane, "Moshe Vachetzi" (Chief of Staff Moshe Levi) with Italian engineers, female-paratroopers in Sinai, and more. The album also includes about 30 photographs from 1959, a period during which Machanyami trained - with other officers - pilots in the Ethiopian army. Most photographs in the album are titled on the leaves.
* About 330 loose photographs, ca. 1960s to 1980s. Photographs of military operations, Machanaymi with senior IDF officers, family photographs, and more.
Condition varies. Good overall condition.
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Maps, Travels in Palestine, Photography
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $800
Sold for: $2,000
Including buyer's premium
"To Gibli, During Your Absence". Album with 44 photos of Unit 101. The album was prepared for Yitzhak Gibli by Ran Zur. Israel, 1954.
Yitzhak Gibli (1930-2008) joined the Palmach at the age of 17 and fought in the War of Independence. After serving in the IDF as Rehavam Ze'evi's driver, he joined Unit 101 in its early days, in 1953. During an IDF retaliation operation in Jordan on June 28, 1954, Gibli was seriously injured by gunfire shot by the Jordanian Legion. While injured, Gibli insisted that his friends leave him and rescue themselves, a decision which led to his captivity. While Gibli was held captive, his friends worked tirelessly to release him and organized operations aimed at abducting Jordanian soldiers to be exchanged for Gibli. These operations were called "GI"L operations" (Gibli Yitzhak Lehofesh, "Free Gibli Yitzhak"; in time Gibli's son was named Gil). After his release, Gibli was decorated with a medal for distinguished service for his conduct during action and in captivity.
This album was prepared by his friend from Unit 101, Ran Zur, with photos of operations and recreational activities that took place while Gibli was in captivity (photos from 1953 also appear in the album).
The album contains photos portraying the unit in training, patrols or after returning from action: on a command car prior to a retaliation operation (1954), a small group commanded by Meir Har-Zion returning from a patrol (winter 1953), preparations for a patrol on camel back on the Egyptian border; "return from an attack"; "in the base"; "landing course"; Meir Har-Zion and his house in "Ahuzat Shoshana" on "Har HaRuchot", and more.
Photos of the Unit's fighters, in action and during off-time, including: Meir Har-Zion, Eitan Bentov (Nevet), Yonah Bendman, Guy Kochva, Yishai Zimermann, Shmuel Umany, Irmi Bradnov, Shimon Kahner (Kacha), Jacki Lind, Ze'ev Slutzky, and others. Enclosed are six additional photos, including two of Rehavam Ze'evi (ca. 1950).
Average size: 9X6 cm, album: 17X23 cm. Several photos are missing. A metal relief (of a farmer) is inlaid in the album's binding. Overall good condition. Slight defects to album binding. Tears to tissue guards (one is detached).
Yitzhak Gibli (1930-2008) joined the Palmach at the age of 17 and fought in the War of Independence. After serving in the IDF as Rehavam Ze'evi's driver, he joined Unit 101 in its early days, in 1953. During an IDF retaliation operation in Jordan on June 28, 1954, Gibli was seriously injured by gunfire shot by the Jordanian Legion. While injured, Gibli insisted that his friends leave him and rescue themselves, a decision which led to his captivity. While Gibli was held captive, his friends worked tirelessly to release him and organized operations aimed at abducting Jordanian soldiers to be exchanged for Gibli. These operations were called "GI"L operations" (Gibli Yitzhak Lehofesh, "Free Gibli Yitzhak"; in time Gibli's son was named Gil). After his release, Gibli was decorated with a medal for distinguished service for his conduct during action and in captivity.
This album was prepared by his friend from Unit 101, Ran Zur, with photos of operations and recreational activities that took place while Gibli was in captivity (photos from 1953 also appear in the album).
The album contains photos portraying the unit in training, patrols or after returning from action: on a command car prior to a retaliation operation (1954), a small group commanded by Meir Har-Zion returning from a patrol (winter 1953), preparations for a patrol on camel back on the Egyptian border; "return from an attack"; "in the base"; "landing course"; Meir Har-Zion and his house in "Ahuzat Shoshana" on "Har HaRuchot", and more.
Photos of the Unit's fighters, in action and during off-time, including: Meir Har-Zion, Eitan Bentov (Nevet), Yonah Bendman, Guy Kochva, Yishai Zimermann, Shmuel Umany, Irmi Bradnov, Shimon Kahner (Kacha), Jacki Lind, Ze'ev Slutzky, and others. Enclosed are six additional photos, including two of Rehavam Ze'evi (ca. 1950).
Average size: 9X6 cm, album: 17X23 cm. Several photos are missing. A metal relief (of a farmer) is inlaid in the album's binding. Overall good condition. Slight defects to album binding. Tears to tissue guards (one is detached).
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