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
Collection of Photographs – Soldiers in the British Army, the Haganah, the Palmach, and the IDF / Israel's War of independence
Opening: $200
Unsold
Collection of photographs documenting Jewish soldiers enlisted in the British army, the Haganah, the Palmach, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the time of Israel's War of Independence, [most photos from Palestine/Israel, ca. 1947-48; several earlier photos].
• Nineteen photographs depicting soldiers who volunteered for service in the British army, as well as soldiers in the incipient Israel Defense Forces (IDF), including a number of senior IDF officers such as Yaakov Dori, Yigael Yadin, and others. Three photos marked with the inked stamps of the photographers: "W. Herz, " (Jerusalem); the IDF's "Map and Photograph Service"; and Kurt Triest.
Average size: 11.5X17 cm. Condition varies.
• Album comprising some 110 photographs of a soldier who first served in the British armed forces, and then fought for the newborn State of Israel in the War of Independence on the Southern (Negev) front; photographs from Nirim, Halutza, Beersheba, Abu Ageila, and other locations.
Average size: 8X6 cm. Condition varies.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
• Nineteen photographs depicting soldiers who volunteered for service in the British army, as well as soldiers in the incipient Israel Defense Forces (IDF), including a number of senior IDF officers such as Yaakov Dori, Yigael Yadin, and others. Three photos marked with the inked stamps of the photographers: "W. Herz, " (Jerusalem); the IDF's "Map and Photograph Service"; and Kurt Triest.
Average size: 11.5X17 cm. Condition varies.
• Album comprising some 110 photographs of a soldier who first served in the British armed forces, and then fought for the newborn State of Israel in the War of Independence on the Southern (Negev) front; photographs from Nirim, Halutza, Beersheba, Abu Ageila, and other locations.
Average size: 8X6 cm. Condition varies.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Underground Fighters, Illigal Immifration, the Establishment of the State of Israel, Israeli Culture
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Underground Fighters, Illigal Immifration, the Establishment of the State of Israel, Israeli Culture