Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica
Collection of Photographs – Guards, Watchmen and Policemen
Opening: $150
Sold for: $238
Including buyer's premium
24 photographs depicting guards, ghaffirs (watchmen) and policemen of the Palestine Police. [1920s to 1940s].
Including: a group photograph at the Palestine Police school (captioned on verso: "School for Policemen, May-August 1935), photographs and Real Photo postcards documenting a roll-call of ghaffirs in Tiberius, Jewish policemen raising the flag of Israel, a Jewish policeman riding a horse, an armed guard in the Hadera Forest (1922), a parade of the "Civil Guard", and more. Enclosed is a photograph of soldiers, presumably from the War of Independence.
12 photographs have divided backs.
Size varies, half of them are 14X9 cm. on average, while the others are 6X4 cm. to 8.5X6 cm. Condition varies.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Including: a group photograph at the Palestine Police school (captioned on verso: "School for Policemen, May-August 1935), photographs and Real Photo postcards documenting a roll-call of ghaffirs in Tiberius, Jewish policemen raising the flag of Israel, a Jewish policeman riding a horse, an armed guard in the Hadera Forest (1922), a parade of the "Civil Guard", and more. Enclosed is a photograph of soldiers, presumably from the War of Independence.
12 photographs have divided backs.
Size varies, half of them are 14X9 cm. on average, while the others are 6X4 cm. to 8.5X6 cm. Condition varies.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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