Lot 362
"Hapoel" Emblem Carved in Stone - Created by a "Haganah" Prisoner in Rafiah Detention Camp
Emblem of "Hapoel" sports association. Rafiah, 1946.
Carved stone.
Titled on the base, "Rafiah", and dated (in marker) 29.6.1946.
Enclosed is a letter from Pinchas Shmueli (Pinye) in which he tells how he was arrested by the British in June 1946, when he visited his brother in Kibbutz Gvat, and taken to Atlit detention camp and later on to Rafiah. Some 45 days he was imprisoned in Rafiah and this work was created during his detention, for his girlfriend who lived in Tel-Aviv.
Length: 10 cm, max. width: 9 cm, Max. thickness: 4 cm. Some breaks to base.