Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
July 19, 2022
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $150
Sold for: $188
Including buyer's premium
Two handwritten letters from "Va'ad Shivat Zion" (The Return to Zion Committee) in Cairo – committee of Jewish exiles in Egypt during World War I. Cairo, February-March, 1918.
1. Letter "to the Honorable delegates of the Palestine Institutes Convention, Jerusalem", written on official letterhead stationery of The Return to Zion Committee. Cairo, 15.2.1918.
In this letter, addressed to the "Yishuv Directors" in Palestine, the exiles express their wish to return to Palestine as soon as possible. They also raise complaints against the "Special Committee for Relief of Jews in Palestine" (probably, the "Special committee for aid to Palestine Jews" headed by Jacques Mosseri), and questions about assisting inhabitants in Palestine who suffer serious poverty. The letter is signed by the heads of the committee: Israel Cahanov, M. Poliak, A. Komerov and others.
[3] ff. (three written pages), 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Fold lines. Small holes and tears. Filing holes, torn, to the three leaves, affecting text.
2. A letter to the "Members of the Return of Zion Committee, Port Said". Written on official letterhead stationery of the Conjoint Committee "Shivat Zion". Cairo, 19.3.1918.
The letter relates to the visit of the Zionist Commission (Va'ad HaZirim Le-Eretz Israel) in Egypt and the founding of a joint committee of all of the Jewish societies in Egypt for the purpose of submitting a joint memorandum to the committee. Announcements and messages to the exiles in Egypt from inhabitants of Palestine appear at the end of the letter. Signed by the chairman and secretary of the committee.
[1] f., 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Fold lines and creases. Small holes and tears (some open), some reinforced with adhesive tape. Filing holes at margins.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
1. Letter "to the Honorable delegates of the Palestine Institutes Convention, Jerusalem", written on official letterhead stationery of The Return to Zion Committee. Cairo, 15.2.1918.
In this letter, addressed to the "Yishuv Directors" in Palestine, the exiles express their wish to return to Palestine as soon as possible. They also raise complaints against the "Special Committee for Relief of Jews in Palestine" (probably, the "Special committee for aid to Palestine Jews" headed by Jacques Mosseri), and questions about assisting inhabitants in Palestine who suffer serious poverty. The letter is signed by the heads of the committee: Israel Cahanov, M. Poliak, A. Komerov and others.
[3] ff. (three written pages), 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Fold lines. Small holes and tears. Filing holes, torn, to the three leaves, affecting text.
2. A letter to the "Members of the Return of Zion Committee, Port Said". Written on official letterhead stationery of the Conjoint Committee "Shivat Zion". Cairo, 19.3.1918.
The letter relates to the visit of the Zionist Commission (Va'ad HaZirim Le-Eretz Israel) in Egypt and the founding of a joint committee of all of the Jewish societies in Egypt for the purpose of submitting a joint memorandum to the committee. Announcements and messages to the exiles in Egypt from inhabitants of Palestine appear at the end of the letter. Signed by the chairman and secretary of the committee.
[1] f., 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Fold lines and creases. Small holes and tears (some open), some reinforced with adhesive tape. Filing holes at margins.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Jewish Soldiers in WWI
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $150
Sold for: $325
Including buyer's premium
Three-striped band (blue, white and gold). Embroidered with the legend "Bead Kvod Amenu" [for the honor of our people] and two Stars of David. Narrow bands for tying are sewn to the sides. [1910s or early 1920s].
Presumably, this band belonged to a soldier in the Jewish Legion. The colors of the band are identical to the colors of the flag of the "HaRishon LeYehuda" (First Judeans) battalion of the Jewish Legion and the embroidered slogan echoes the slogan of the battalion – "Bead Amenu uBead Artzenu" (a slogan chosen by Ze'ev Jabotinsky).
Approx. 88X2.5 cm (including tying bands). Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Presumably, this band belonged to a soldier in the Jewish Legion. The colors of the band are identical to the colors of the flag of the "HaRishon LeYehuda" (First Judeans) battalion of the Jewish Legion and the embroidered slogan echoes the slogan of the battalion – "Bead Amenu uBead Artzenu" (a slogan chosen by Ze'ev Jabotinsky).
Approx. 88X2.5 cm (including tying bands). Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Jewish Soldiers in WWI
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $150
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
Six postcards with photographs of Jewish soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army (some with letters to relatives). Various locations, 1916-17 (and other years?).
1-2. Two postcards with photographs showing young people wearing army uniforms. Photographer: Johann Martin Lenz, Celje (today in Slovenia). Captioned (in Hebrew) in pencil: "The grandson of R. Samuel is shown working in the Austrian army during the war, 1916."
3-6. Four postcards with group photos of soldiers and handwritten letters (in German). Two of the postcards are addressed to Selig Adlerstein in Safed; one of these – showing soldiers wrapped in prayer shawls ("tallitot") – bears the caption (in Hebrew): "The prayer of members of the Army of Israel on Rosh HaShanah, year 5678 [1917] in the field in the course of the campaigns of the war."
Six postcards, approx. 13.5X9 cm. Condition varies. Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Abrasions and (small) open tears to edges. One postcard with tear to width, secured with strip of adhesive tape on back.
1-2. Two postcards with photographs showing young people wearing army uniforms. Photographer: Johann Martin Lenz, Celje (today in Slovenia). Captioned (in Hebrew) in pencil: "The grandson of R. Samuel is shown working in the Austrian army during the war, 1916."
3-6. Four postcards with group photos of soldiers and handwritten letters (in German). Two of the postcards are addressed to Selig Adlerstein in Safed; one of these – showing soldiers wrapped in prayer shawls ("tallitot") – bears the caption (in Hebrew): "The prayer of members of the Army of Israel on Rosh HaShanah, year 5678 [1917] in the field in the course of the campaigns of the war."
Six postcards, approx. 13.5X9 cm. Condition varies. Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Abrasions and (small) open tears to edges. One postcard with tear to width, secured with strip of adhesive tape on back.
Category
Jewish Soldiers in WWI
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