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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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"The Palestine Police Constable's Manual", by Albert John Kingsley-Heath. Jerusalem: Goldberg's Press, [1931]. English.
The book includes the constitution of the police, description of its hierarchic structure and terms of service; governmental orders, instructions about conducting investigations, arrests, legal procedures, and more.
The author, Albert John Kingsley-Heath, was born in Egypt in 1899 and served in Palestine from at least the mid-twenties. He was chief of the Criminal Investigation Department in 1937, when he resigned owing to an outbreak of Arab-Jewish violence. He was awarded an OBE in 1938, and was back as Deputy Inspector General of Palestine Police Force in 1940. He was appointed Commissioner of Police and Attorney-General of Kenya in mid-1941 and died in an aircraft accident over Eastern Libya in November 1943.
[2] leaves, 214 pp (bound with blank leaves; presumably to write down notes), 17 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Penciled markings and notes (some of them on the text). One leaf is detached and several leaves are loose. Library stamps. A label on the inside front binding. The binding is slightly worn and loose. The spine is detached.
Not in NLI.
The book includes the constitution of the police, description of its hierarchic structure and terms of service; governmental orders, instructions about conducting investigations, arrests, legal procedures, and more.
The author, Albert John Kingsley-Heath, was born in Egypt in 1899 and served in Palestine from at least the mid-twenties. He was chief of the Criminal Investigation Department in 1937, when he resigned owing to an outbreak of Arab-Jewish violence. He was awarded an OBE in 1938, and was back as Deputy Inspector General of Palestine Police Force in 1940. He was appointed Commissioner of Police and Attorney-General of Kenya in mid-1941 and died in an aircraft accident over Eastern Libya in November 1943.
[2] leaves, 214 pp (bound with blank leaves; presumably to write down notes), 17 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Penciled markings and notes (some of them on the text). One leaf is detached and several leaves are loose. Library stamps. A label on the inside front binding. The binding is slightly worn and loose. The spine is detached.
Not in NLI.
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Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $120
Sold for: $150
Including buyer's premium
Three official notices issued by the Mandate government in Palestine (mimeographed typescript). October-November 1937.
The notices were distributed subsequent to an assassination attempt on the commander of the Mandate police Roy Spicer on July 13, 1937 and the murder of the British District Commissioner for the Galilee Lewis Andrews on September 26, 1937.
1. Official notice no. 16/17. October 1, 1937.
Notice about the criminalization of The Arab Higher Committee and the Arab National Committees, about the deportation from Palestine of several Arab leaders and about the dismissal of Haj Amin Al-Husseini, the Mufti of Jerusalem, from the presidency of the Muslim Supreme Council and from being a member of the General Waqf Committee.
[1] leaf, 24 cm (the margins of the leaf were trimmed close to text). Good-fair condition. Many stains. Tears along edges. Paper label (trimmed) and official stamps on verso of the leaf.
2. Official notice no. 18/37. October 16, 1937.
Notice about the establishment of a provisional committee of three members, which will receive the previous responsibilities of the Muslim Supreme Council and the General Waqf Committee.
[1] leaf, 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and small tears. Fold lines. Filing holes.
3. Official notice no. 20/37. November 10, 1937.
Notice about the establishment of special military courts to judge the crimes of using firearms, carrying firearms, acts of sabotage and terrorizing. The punishment for using or carrying firearms – death.
[1] leaf, 27 cm. Good condition. Stains and small tears. Fold lines. Filing holes.
The notices were distributed subsequent to an assassination attempt on the commander of the Mandate police Roy Spicer on July 13, 1937 and the murder of the British District Commissioner for the Galilee Lewis Andrews on September 26, 1937.
1. Official notice no. 16/17. October 1, 1937.
Notice about the criminalization of The Arab Higher Committee and the Arab National Committees, about the deportation from Palestine of several Arab leaders and about the dismissal of Haj Amin Al-Husseini, the Mufti of Jerusalem, from the presidency of the Muslim Supreme Council and from being a member of the General Waqf Committee.
[1] leaf, 24 cm (the margins of the leaf were trimmed close to text). Good-fair condition. Many stains. Tears along edges. Paper label (trimmed) and official stamps on verso of the leaf.
2. Official notice no. 18/37. October 16, 1937.
Notice about the establishment of a provisional committee of three members, which will receive the previous responsibilities of the Muslim Supreme Council and the General Waqf Committee.
[1] leaf, 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and small tears. Fold lines. Filing holes.
3. Official notice no. 20/37. November 10, 1937.
Notice about the establishment of special military courts to judge the crimes of using firearms, carrying firearms, acts of sabotage and terrorizing. The punishment for using or carrying firearms – death.
[1] leaf, 27 cm. Good condition. Stains and small tears. Fold lines. Filing holes.
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Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $150
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A. R. P., Practical Guide for the Palestine House & Family, an emergency guide issued by the Emergency Office of the Jewish Agency and the National Council. Editor: B. Torokor. Illustrations: O. Lax [Oscar Lax?]. Tel-Aviv: "Mischar VeTa'asiyah" Company, August/September 1940. Hebrew and English.
"The goal of this practical guide… is to summarize in one booklet and in simple and understandable language practical rules for defense against airstrikes… (from the Hebrew introduction).
The guide, which was published during World War II, several weeks after the bombing of Haifa by the Italian Royal Air Force and in proximity to the bombing of Tel-Aviv by the Air Force, contains specific instructions for defense against airstrikes, explosives and gas bombs, instructions for building shelters and putting out fires, instructions for giving first aid, instructions about "emergency food and kitchen", and more. The guide is accompanied by dozens of demonstrative illustrations, alongside many advertisements for businesses in Palestine.
62, 18 pp + [2] leaves, 22.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears and open tears to the margins of the cover and the spine.
"The goal of this practical guide… is to summarize in one booklet and in simple and understandable language practical rules for defense against airstrikes… (from the Hebrew introduction).
The guide, which was published during World War II, several weeks after the bombing of Haifa by the Italian Royal Air Force and in proximity to the bombing of Tel-Aviv by the Air Force, contains specific instructions for defense against airstrikes, explosives and gas bombs, instructions for building shelters and putting out fires, instructions for giving first aid, instructions about "emergency food and kitchen", and more. The guide is accompanied by dozens of demonstrative illustrations, alongside many advertisements for businesses in Palestine.
62, 18 pp + [2] leaves, 22.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears and open tears to the margins of the cover and the spine.
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Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $250
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Jewish Political Bodies in Palestine, poster of the Palestine Police Force, 1947. English.
Diagram showing the Jewish organizations active in Palestine and the connections between them. At the top is the Elected Assembly, the National Council and Knesset Israel; below are the different parties, youth organizations, women's organizations, sports organizations and more. At the bottom are underground organizations. On the right are non-Zionist organizations.
70X100 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Tears to margins and folding lines (some reinforced with adhesive tape to verso). Stains.
Diagram showing the Jewish organizations active in Palestine and the connections between them. At the top is the Elected Assembly, the National Council and Knesset Israel; below are the different parties, youth organizations, women's organizations, sports organizations and more. At the bottom are underground organizations. On the right are non-Zionist organizations.
70X100 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Tears to margins and folding lines (some reinforced with adhesive tape to verso). Stains.
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Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $200
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Itonut Avodah, booklet no. 1. London: "The Center of Hechalutz, Training of German Immigrants in England", June 1939. German with a Hebrew title page.
A booklet (mimeographed typescript) with news about Palestine: an article reviewing the Arab terror, the rejection of the White Paper by the Mufti of Jerusalem and the establishment of twelve Stockade and Tower settlements (based on articles in the newspaper "Davar"); an article about the export of citrus fruit (based on "Davar"); Berl Katznelson's speech about immigration (translation from the newspaper "Hapoel Hatza'ir", 23.5.1939); and an article dealing with the response of the Arab population in Palestine to the publication of the White Paper (translation of an article by M. Assaf in "Davar").
10 pp, 26 cm. Good condition. Stains on the leaves of the booklet and its cover. Small wormholes to the margins of the front cover. Writing and stamps on the front cover. The last leaf and back cover are detached. The front cover is partly detached.
Not in NLI.
A booklet (mimeographed typescript) with news about Palestine: an article reviewing the Arab terror, the rejection of the White Paper by the Mufti of Jerusalem and the establishment of twelve Stockade and Tower settlements (based on articles in the newspaper "Davar"); an article about the export of citrus fruit (based on "Davar"); Berl Katznelson's speech about immigration (translation from the newspaper "Hapoel Hatza'ir", 23.5.1939); and an article dealing with the response of the Arab population in Palestine to the publication of the White Paper (translation of an article by M. Assaf in "Davar").
10 pp, 26 cm. Good condition. Stains on the leaves of the booklet and its cover. Small wormholes to the margins of the front cover. Writing and stamps on the front cover. The last leaf and back cover are detached. The front cover is partly detached.
Not in NLI.
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $120
Sold for: $175
Including buyer's premium
"Public Statement", a broadside on the subject of the "Teheran Children" issued by the "World Agudat Yisrael". Jerusalem: Sheraga Weinfeld press, [March 1943].
A long text, phrased in strong language, seeking to protest the alienation of the "Teheran Children" from religion and tradition by the Zionist institutions.
Approx. 35X49 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines. Stains. Tears and minor blemishes. Filing holes and pinholes. Handwritten notation on top.
A long text, phrased in strong language, seeking to protest the alienation of the "Teheran Children" from religion and tradition by the Zionist institutions.
Approx. 35X49 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines. Stains. Tears and minor blemishes. Filing holes and pinholes. Handwritten notation on top.
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Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $150
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Five photographs of the "Tel Iai" illegal immigrant ship. [March 1946].
The illegal immigrant ship "Tel Hai" ("Asia" being its previous name) was a Turkish ship purchased and organized for illegal immigration by the Mossad LeAliyah Bet. The ship sailed on March 17, 1946 from a fishermen's harbor near Marseille, France, with many of its passengers being young members of the Zionist organization Nocham ("Noar Chalutzi Me'uchad" – United Pioneering Youth). On March 26, the ship was caught by the British and brought to the Haifa Port, where the illegal immigrants were taken off the ship and sent to the Atlit detention camp.
The photographs depict members of Nocham tying the flag of the organization to the ship's mast, the crew, Hebrew inscriptions on the ship's bridge ("Tel Chai", "Nocham", "Na'apila" [we shall illegally immigrate]), and more.
A handwrittem dedication and a military censorship stamp on verso of one photograph.
Approx. 6X9 cm. Good overall condition. Stains (mostly on verso). Minor blemishes and creases to one photograph.
Enclosed: A photograph of a group around a table (possibly a toast held by the passengers before they sailed).
The illegal immigrant ship "Tel Hai" ("Asia" being its previous name) was a Turkish ship purchased and organized for illegal immigration by the Mossad LeAliyah Bet. The ship sailed on March 17, 1946 from a fishermen's harbor near Marseille, France, with many of its passengers being young members of the Zionist organization Nocham ("Noar Chalutzi Me'uchad" – United Pioneering Youth). On March 26, the ship was caught by the British and brought to the Haifa Port, where the illegal immigrants were taken off the ship and sent to the Atlit detention camp.
The photographs depict members of Nocham tying the flag of the organization to the ship's mast, the crew, Hebrew inscriptions on the ship's bridge ("Tel Chai", "Nocham", "Na'apila" [we shall illegally immigrate]), and more.
A handwrittem dedication and a military censorship stamp on verso of one photograph.
Approx. 6X9 cm. Good overall condition. Stains (mostly on verso). Minor blemishes and creases to one photograph.
Enclosed: A photograph of a group around a table (possibly a toast held by the passengers before they sailed).
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Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $200
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Yom Evel Yishuvi [Day of Mourning in the Yishuv], poster. Kefar Saba: "HaSharon" press, September 1947.
A poster announcing a day of mourning and a protest rally subsequent to the deportation to Germany of the illegal immigrants of SS "Exodus"; issued by the local municipality of Kefar Saba.
47.5X59 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Creases, closed and open tears, some of them restored with papeer. Linen-backed for display and preservation.
A poster announcing a day of mourning and a protest rally subsequent to the deportation to Germany of the illegal immigrants of SS "Exodus"; issued by the local municipality of Kefar Saba.
47.5X59 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Creases, closed and open tears, some of them restored with papeer. Linen-backed for display and preservation.
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $200
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A wood and cloth notepad cover, inlaid with a chiseled stone plaque from the detention camps in Cyprus. Cyprus, 1948.
The plaque – a well executed relief of a sailing ship, a wreath of barbed wire and the Hebrew legend "Cyprus 1948" – is Embedded in a wooden notepad cover with a wide cloth spine.
For a similar item, presumably made by the same artist, see "Kedem", online auction no. 14, lot no. 532.
Plaque: approx. 5.5X8 cm. Embedded in a wooden notepad cover: 8X13.5 cm. Good condition. A small fracture in the corner of the plaque, affecting the frame. A fracture in the wood. Tears and blemishes to the cloth spine.
The plaque – a well executed relief of a sailing ship, a wreath of barbed wire and the Hebrew legend "Cyprus 1948" – is Embedded in a wooden notepad cover with a wide cloth spine.
For a similar item, presumably made by the same artist, see "Kedem", online auction no. 14, lot no. 532.
Plaque: approx. 5.5X8 cm. Embedded in a wooden notepad cover: 8X13.5 cm. Good condition. A small fracture in the corner of the plaque, affecting the frame. A fracture in the wood. Tears and blemishes to the cloth spine.
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $200
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Collection of booklets that were printed in the detention camps in Cyprus by various organizations:
1. Yedi'ot fun Joint. [Cyprus], October 1948.
First issue of "Yedi'ot fun Joint" ("News of the JDC") in the detention camps in Cyprus, containing detailed information about the activity of the organization in the camps.
2-3. "Hamekasher", the journal of the Torah VeAvodah movement, Cyprus. Issue 2, Tu Bishvat 1947; issue 3 (?), the 22nd of Adar 1947.
4-5. "Bentiv Hapdut", the journal of "Hapoel Hamizrachi" in the winter camps in Cyprus. Issue 3 – Av 1947; issue 4 – the eve of Sukkot 1947.
6-8. "Chozer". Three circulars issued by the central secretariat of "Hapoel Hamizrachi" in the summer and winter camps in Cyprus, Tevet, Av-Elul 1947-1948. "Internal, for the camps not for publication".
9. "LaMoledet", the journal of the United Pioneering Youth (Nocham) in Cyprus, Tamuz 1947. Issue 1.
10. "Ma'oz", booklet issued by the youth Kibbutz "Ma'oz" of the United Pioneering Youth (Nocham) in Cyprus, 1948. Hebrew and Yiddish.
11. "Cyprus Songbook", booklet 1, edited by Meir Neumann. Published by The Pinchas Ruthenberg Seminar in Cyprus, winter camps (printed in Dhekelia), the eve of Rosh Hashana 1949.
Size and condition vary. Most of the items were printed on brittle paper. Stains, tears (some of them restored), creases, notations and additional blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
1. Yedi'ot fun Joint. [Cyprus], October 1948.
First issue of "Yedi'ot fun Joint" ("News of the JDC") in the detention camps in Cyprus, containing detailed information about the activity of the organization in the camps.
2-3. "Hamekasher", the journal of the Torah VeAvodah movement, Cyprus. Issue 2, Tu Bishvat 1947; issue 3 (?), the 22nd of Adar 1947.
4-5. "Bentiv Hapdut", the journal of "Hapoel Hamizrachi" in the winter camps in Cyprus. Issue 3 – Av 1947; issue 4 – the eve of Sukkot 1947.
6-8. "Chozer". Three circulars issued by the central secretariat of "Hapoel Hamizrachi" in the summer and winter camps in Cyprus, Tevet, Av-Elul 1947-1948. "Internal, for the camps not for publication".
9. "LaMoledet", the journal of the United Pioneering Youth (Nocham) in Cyprus, Tamuz 1947. Issue 1.
10. "Ma'oz", booklet issued by the youth Kibbutz "Ma'oz" of the United Pioneering Youth (Nocham) in Cyprus, 1948. Hebrew and Yiddish.
11. "Cyprus Songbook", booklet 1, edited by Meir Neumann. Published by The Pinchas Ruthenberg Seminar in Cyprus, winter camps (printed in Dhekelia), the eve of Rosh Hashana 1949.
Size and condition vary. Most of the items were printed on brittle paper. Stains, tears (some of them restored), creases, notations and additional blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $150
Sold for: $575
Including buyer's premium
Three paper items. The detention camps in Cyprus, the second half of the 1940s.
1. "Shurot HaMeginim" (The Defenders' Lines) membership card, Cyprus, [ca. 1946-1948].
A typewritten card, with Hebrew stamps - "The Defenders' Lines [a secret organization of the "Haganah" at the detention camps in Cyprus).
8X8.5 cm. Fair-good condition. A few stains and creases. Professionally restored blemishes.
2. "Membership Notebook" card of Mapai from the camps of the illegal immigrants in Cyprus, [Cyprus], 1948. Hebrew and Yiddish.
A temporary card issued for the illegal immigrants of SS "Kibutz Galuyot" at the detention camp in Cyprus. On the margins of the certificate, it was written that "This certificate is valid only in Cyprus. When the member arrives in Palestine, this certificate will be replaced by a membership notebook" (Hebrew).
13 cm. Fair-good condition. Creases and wear.
3. Programme of a show of "The artists of Palestine in the camps of Cyprus" (Hebrew) issued by "The Committee for the Exiles of Cyprus". [Cyprus], [September-October 1947]. Hebrew and Yiddish.
[1] leaf (4 pages), 16.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. A few creases and fold lines.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
1. "Shurot HaMeginim" (The Defenders' Lines) membership card, Cyprus, [ca. 1946-1948].
A typewritten card, with Hebrew stamps - "The Defenders' Lines [a secret organization of the "Haganah" at the detention camps in Cyprus).
8X8.5 cm. Fair-good condition. A few stains and creases. Professionally restored blemishes.
2. "Membership Notebook" card of Mapai from the camps of the illegal immigrants in Cyprus, [Cyprus], 1948. Hebrew and Yiddish.
A temporary card issued for the illegal immigrants of SS "Kibutz Galuyot" at the detention camp in Cyprus. On the margins of the certificate, it was written that "This certificate is valid only in Cyprus. When the member arrives in Palestine, this certificate will be replaced by a membership notebook" (Hebrew).
13 cm. Fair-good condition. Creases and wear.
3. Programme of a show of "The artists of Palestine in the camps of Cyprus" (Hebrew) issued by "The Committee for the Exiles of Cyprus". [Cyprus], [September-October 1947]. Hebrew and Yiddish.
[1] leaf (4 pages), 16.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. A few creases and fold lines.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $150
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Five items on the subject of the death and funeral of Ze'ev Jabotinsky, who died in New York on August 3, 1940.
* Photograph of a bulletin board in Tel-Aviv, with the notice "Ze'ev Jabotinsky is Gone" (Hebrew). * Entrance Ticket to the Funeral Services of Vladimir Jabotinsky on Tuesday, August 6th, 1940, New York. * Invitation card issued by the New Zionist Organization of Haifa to a memorial for Jabotinsky on August 6, 1940 at the "Armon" hall in Haifa. * Two entrance tickets issued by the Tel-Chai Fund of Palestine, to a memorial for Jabotinsky at the "Ophir" cinema in Tel-Aviv on September 5, 1940. One ticket includes the stub.
Enclosed: an entrance ticket to the funeral of Mrs. Jabotinsky, Yohana, in New York on December 25, 1949.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
* Photograph of a bulletin board in Tel-Aviv, with the notice "Ze'ev Jabotinsky is Gone" (Hebrew). * Entrance Ticket to the Funeral Services of Vladimir Jabotinsky on Tuesday, August 6th, 1940, New York. * Invitation card issued by the New Zionist Organization of Haifa to a memorial for Jabotinsky on August 6, 1940 at the "Armon" hall in Haifa. * Two entrance tickets issued by the Tel-Chai Fund of Palestine, to a memorial for Jabotinsky at the "Ophir" cinema in Tel-Aviv on September 5, 1940. One ticket includes the stub.
Enclosed: an entrance ticket to the funeral of Mrs. Jabotinsky, Yohana, in New York on December 25, 1949.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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