24 plaques, tokens and medals of the "Ku Klux Klan", bearing the movement's slogans and emblems. United States, 1868-1966 (most items are from the 20th century).
In the collection: • A medal with a hole for suspension, with the slogan "Virtuous anger is our right". Alabama, 1868. • Two plaques with emblems and slogans of the "Ku Klux Klan". 1895, 1922. • Two "Dollar" tokens of "Ku Klux Klan", 1922. • Two train ride tokens, "Indian Railroad, Division of Wesson, Co.", stamped "KKK". • Medals and tokens bearing the slogan "non silba, sed anthar" [not for ourselves, for the other], burning crosses, and other slogans and symbols used by the organization in its different phases.
The "Ku Klux Klan" movement was founded in 1865 in the state of Tennesey by soldiers released from the defeated confederation army, and although it started as a social club with no definitive goals, it soon enough turned into a racist movement which acted violently against African-American released soldiers, until it was oppressed by the government in the 1870s. The movement re-started its operations in 1915 – this time aiming its actions against Jews as well; after a slow-down in the 1940s, the movement went back into action in the 1960s.
Enclosed: Two tokens with the inscription "KKK- member in good standing"; not proved to be KKK tokens.
Size andcondition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.

11 plaques, medals and other Items Commemorating Theodor Herzl. Israel (one item from the USA), ca. 1940s-1960s
1-2. Two oval plaques, cast, with a profile relief of Herzl, inscribed on the base: "Dr. Binyamin Ze'ev Herzl, Iyar 10, 1860 – Tamuz 20, 1904". [ca. 1940s-50s].
On of the plaques (made of bronze) is, most probably, made by "Pal-Bell" and the other was, possibly, cast as an imitation.
3-6. Two medals and two plaques commemorating Herzl, designed by Shmuel Krechmer: • Medal for "Keren HaYesod", issued, apparently, on the occasion of "Herzl Year" (1955 or 1960). • Medal with Herzl's profile, seven branched Menorah, seven stars and the legend "If you will it, it is no dream". • Two round plaques, one made of copper and the other made of brass, with a relief of Herzl's profile.
7. Medal – one hundred years since Herzl's birth. Obverse: Herzl's profile and the legends "Theodor Herzl", "1860-1960". Reverse: Symbols of the Twelve Tribes of Israel and the legends "Israel, Iyar 5, 1948" (Hebrew) and "Israel, 14 Mai 1948".
8-9. Two medals – liberation of Jerusalem. Obverse: Herzl's profile and the legends "Our Will was no Legend " (Hebrew and English). Reverse: Soldier standing by the Western Wall and the legend: "Liberation of Jerusalem".
10. Medal for the 50th anniversary of the Balfour declaration. Obverse: Herzl's profile and the legend "Our will was no legend" (Hebrew and English). Signed Duda (David Edelstein). Reverse: the Knesset surmounted by a citation from the Balfour Declaration: "A national home for the Jewish People, Balfour and Parliament House" and below: "A National Home for the Jewish People, Balfour 1917-1969".
11. Pin with the portrait of Theodor Herzl. The letters ZOA [Zionist Organization of America] appear below.
12. Promotional pendant. Obverse: Herzl' profile and the dates 1904-1954. Reverse: a horse surrounded by the legend "GIL-TEX– Symbol of Quality", 1954.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.

Collection of pins, most of them produced for various Zionist Congresses.
Among the items: • Pins from the World Zionist Congress (the 10th, 11th, 14th, and 20th– 29th). Some are duplicates. • Three pins bearing an image of Herzl, apparently for the 16th Zionist Congress in 1929. • A pin for the "honor guard bringing Herzl’s coffin to Israel" with the caption (in Hebrew): "You shall bring up my bones from there" (Genesis 50:25). • A medallion marking the convention of the Zionist Organization of America in 1924, hung on a cloth ribbon in the colors of the American flag, with a blue-and-white ribbon affixed to it, reading: "27th annual convention, Zionist Orgzn. of America", and more.
33 items in all. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.

Five pins and badges of Betar (Brit Yosef Trumpeldor) youth movement and enlistment companies of Betar.
• Brit Yosef Trumpeldor", first symbol of Betar movement in Palestine – halved shield with a sickle. • Pin with an identical symbol and the legend "Betar /1927-1937", apparently commemorating ten years to the founding of Betar in Palestine. • Two different pins of the Enlistment Companies of Betar, with the legend "Charsheni Kirtzoncha". • Cap badge of Betar, with a Menorah and a Star of David on the background of a flower.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.