Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $300
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Ten cap badges and pins – Transjordanian Frontier Force, Mandate Police, and more.
• Three cap badges – Palestine Police. • Cap badge of the "Notrim" with the inscription "Supernumerary / Palestine Police". • Two cap badges – "Palestine Prisons". • Two different badges of the Transjordanian Frontier Force (a British gendarmerie unit). • Pin of the Trans-Jordanian Frontier Force, shaped as the letters T.J.F.F. • Customs pin with the inscription "Customs Transjordan", in English and Arabic.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
• Three cap badges – Palestine Police. • Cap badge of the "Notrim" with the inscription "Supernumerary / Palestine Police". • Two cap badges – "Palestine Prisons". • Two different badges of the Transjordanian Frontier Force (a British gendarmerie unit). • Pin of the Trans-Jordanian Frontier Force, shaped as the letters T.J.F.F. • Customs pin with the inscription "Customs Transjordan", in English and Arabic.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
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Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $700
Unsold
Approximately 80 badges of corps and units in the British army that served in Palestine.
The collection includes, among others, pins and buttons of: • Auxiliary Territorial Service (A.T.S., women's auxiliary force). • Royal Engineers. • The Cheshire Regiment. • King's Regiment. • Royal Army Medical Corps. • Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). • Royal Army Ordnance Corps. • Royal Scots Greys. • The King's African Rifles (a British regiment which was recruited in the British colonies in East Africa). • Other units in the British Army.
The collection also includes a pin of the British Red Cross Society, "Red Cross Worker" pin, a number of Australian Army badges, two military ranks of the British Army, and more.
Total of approx. 80 items. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
The collection includes, among others, pins and buttons of: • Auxiliary Territorial Service (A.T.S., women's auxiliary force). • Royal Engineers. • The Cheshire Regiment. • King's Regiment. • Royal Army Medical Corps. • Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). • Royal Army Ordnance Corps. • Royal Scots Greys. • The King's African Rifles (a British regiment which was recruited in the British colonies in East Africa). • Other units in the British Army.
The collection also includes a pin of the British Red Cross Society, "Red Cross Worker" pin, a number of Australian Army badges, two military ranks of the British Army, and more.
Total of approx. 80 items. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
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Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $500
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
Collection of British and French war medals awarded to soldiers who served in the British and French armed forces in different wars, most are British medals awarded for service in Palestine and the Near East during World War I, during the Great Arab Revolt and in the 1940s.
1-15. Fifteen British war medals: • Medals awarded for service in World War I: two British War Medals; and a medal with the legend "The Great War for Civilisation 1914-1919". • 1914-15 Star medal • General Service Medal for service in Palestine during the Great Arab Revolt, with portrait of King George VI. The medal has a red and white cloth ribbon and a buckle with the inscription "Palestine 1936-39". • Three General Service medals for service in Palestine in the 1940s, with a portrait of King George VI. The medals have purple and green cloth ribbons and buckles with the inscription "Palestine 1945-1948" or "Palestine". • "General Service" medal for service in Palestine in the 1940s, with a portrait of King George VI. The medal has a red and white cloth ribbon and a buckle with the inscription "Palestine 1945-48". • Two small medals for service in Palestine in the 1940s (for non-formal occasions). With the inscription "Palestine" on the buckle. • Service Medal of the Order of Saint John. • Defence Medal. • Two General Service medals for service in the Near East, with portrait of Queen Elizabeth, cloth ribbons and buckles with the inscription "Near East".
16-17. Two French medals; one for service in World War I and the other from 1956 for service in the Middle East.
Enclosed are two General Service medals for those who served in Palestine in the 1940s (with a portrait of King George), one with no ribbon and the other with no ribbon and no buckle.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
1-15. Fifteen British war medals: • Medals awarded for service in World War I: two British War Medals; and a medal with the legend "The Great War for Civilisation 1914-1919". • 1914-15 Star medal • General Service Medal for service in Palestine during the Great Arab Revolt, with portrait of King George VI. The medal has a red and white cloth ribbon and a buckle with the inscription "Palestine 1936-39". • Three General Service medals for service in Palestine in the 1940s, with a portrait of King George VI. The medals have purple and green cloth ribbons and buckles with the inscription "Palestine 1945-1948" or "Palestine". • "General Service" medal for service in Palestine in the 1940s, with a portrait of King George VI. The medal has a red and white cloth ribbon and a buckle with the inscription "Palestine 1945-48". • Two small medals for service in Palestine in the 1940s (for non-formal occasions). With the inscription "Palestine" on the buckle. • Service Medal of the Order of Saint John. • Defence Medal. • Two General Service medals for service in the Near East, with portrait of Queen Elizabeth, cloth ribbons and buckles with the inscription "Near East".
16-17. Two French medals; one for service in World War I and the other from 1956 for service in the Middle East.
Enclosed are two General Service medals for those who served in Palestine in the 1940s (with a portrait of King George), one with no ribbon and the other with no ribbon and no buckle.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
![Seven pins – Palmach, the recruited military force of the Haganah organization. [1940s]. • Pin with the Palmach emblem. • Pin](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale64-public/376.jpg "Seven Pins – Palmach Regiments")
Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $400
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
Seven pins – Palmach, the recruited military force of the Haganah organization. [1940s].
• Pin with the Palmach emblem. • Pin of the fourth Palmach regiment – "HaPorzim" • Pin of the fifth Palmach regiment. • Two pins of the sixth Palmach regiment. • Two enamel pins (one blue and one red), with the Palmach emblem and a Star of David.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
• Pin with the Palmach emblem. • Pin of the fourth Palmach regiment – "HaPorzim" • Pin of the fifth Palmach regiment. • Two pins of the sixth Palmach regiment. • Two enamel pins (one blue and one red), with the Palmach emblem and a Star of David.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
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![Four pins – "Mishmar HaAm", [Jerusalem, ca. 1948]. • Two pins with figures of two soldiers on the background of a Star of Dav](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale64-public/377.jpg "Collection of Pins – \"Mishmar HaAm\" – Jerusalem")
Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $300
Unsold
Four pins – "Mishmar HaAm", [Jerusalem, ca. 1948].
• Two pins with figures of two soldiers on the background of a Star of David, with the Tower of David behind. • Pin with the legend "Mishmar HaAm, Hevel 4, 1948". • Pin with the legend "Mishmar HaAm / Jerusalem, 1948-1949".
Enclosed: a pin with a figure of a fighter, on the background of Jerusalem, and the inscription "Mezuda".
"Mishmar HaAm" – a unit of volunteers formed in Jerusalem in 1947 to maintain public order. The unit was composed of people not recruited for age or health reasons. Units of "Mishmar HaAm" were also active in Haifa, Tel-Aviv and Safed.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
• Two pins with figures of two soldiers on the background of a Star of David, with the Tower of David behind. • Pin with the legend "Mishmar HaAm, Hevel 4, 1948". • Pin with the legend "Mishmar HaAm / Jerusalem, 1948-1949".
Enclosed: a pin with a figure of a fighter, on the background of Jerusalem, and the inscription "Mezuda".
"Mishmar HaAm" – a unit of volunteers formed in Jerusalem in 1947 to maintain public order. The unit was composed of people not recruited for age or health reasons. Units of "Mishmar HaAm" were also active in Haifa, Tel-Aviv and Safed.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $300
Unsold
Eleven pins and a cap badge – "Brit HaNo'ar HaIvri al Shem Joseph Trumpeldor" (Betar).
The emblem of the movements – a Menorah – and the inscription "Betar" appear on all of the pins. Some pins are inlaid with enamel.
Total of 12 items. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
The emblem of the movements – a Menorah – and the inscription "Betar" appear on all of the pins. Some pins are inlaid with enamel.
Total of 12 items. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Nine pins of the underground organization Lehi (Lochame Herut Israel).
Among the pins: • A triangular pin with the emblem of Lehi on the background of a wall and the legends "If I forget thee Jerusalem.." and "Gezerat Moledet lo Takum". • Round pin with the emblem of Lehi on the background of Old Jerusalem walls and the legend "If I forget thee Jerusalem…". • Pin from Latrun-Temple Mount walk in 1967. • Other Lehi pins.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Among the pins: • A triangular pin with the emblem of Lehi on the background of a wall and the legends "If I forget thee Jerusalem.." and "Gezerat Moledet lo Takum". • Round pin with the emblem of Lehi on the background of Old Jerusalem walls and the legend "If I forget thee Jerusalem…". • Pin from Latrun-Temple Mount walk in 1967. • Other Lehi pins.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $500
Unsold
Ten pins of the underground organization Etzel (Irgun Zeva'i Leumi).
Among the pins: • Pin with the Etzel emblem (Inscription "Rak Kach" with a hand holding a rifle on the background of Palestine on both banks of the Jordan River) and the legend "Division 25 in exile". • Pin with the emblem of Etzel on the background of two strips in blue and white • Round pin with the emblem of Etzel and the inscription "Rishone Etzel". • "Convention of Etzel soldiers, Jerusalem 1969" pin. • Other pins with the Etzel emblem (two of them are identical).
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Among the pins: • Pin with the Etzel emblem (Inscription "Rak Kach" with a hand holding a rifle on the background of Palestine on both banks of the Jordan River) and the legend "Division 25 in exile". • Pin with the emblem of Etzel on the background of two strips in blue and white • Round pin with the emblem of Etzel and the inscription "Rishone Etzel". • "Convention of Etzel soldiers, Jerusalem 1969" pin. • Other pins with the Etzel emblem (two of them are identical).
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Eleven pins of different military units, among them pins of the Haganah, a pin of Givati, and more.
Among the pins: • Pin with emblem of the Haganah within a triangle and the legend "1947". • Pin of "Haganah activists in Europe and North Africa" (Hebrew), with Haganah emblem and the legend "1945-1949". • Two pins of Moriah regiment (regiment 61) – Etzioni brigade. • Pin of Bet Horon regiment (regiment 62) – Etzioni brigade. • Pin of Military Engineering fighters of the Haganah in Jerusalem, with the legend "Hizkiyahu Jerusalem" (commemorating the Military Engineering officer of Etzioni Brigade, Eliyahu Finkelstein, killed in an ambush in 1948). • Pin of The 20th Battery – a cannon on the background of the Tower of David and the legend "1948-1949". • Other pins.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Among the pins: • Pin with emblem of the Haganah within a triangle and the legend "1947". • Pin of "Haganah activists in Europe and North Africa" (Hebrew), with Haganah emblem and the legend "1945-1949". • Two pins of Moriah regiment (regiment 61) – Etzioni brigade. • Pin of Bet Horon regiment (regiment 62) – Etzioni brigade. • Pin of Military Engineering fighters of the Haganah in Jerusalem, with the legend "Hizkiyahu Jerusalem" (commemorating the Military Engineering officer of Etzioni Brigade, Eliyahu Finkelstein, killed in an ambush in 1948). • Pin of The 20th Battery – a cannon on the background of the Tower of David and the legend "1948-1949". • Other pins.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $500
Unsold
Five pins of the Israeli air force:
• Round pin. An aircraft is seen in the center, with the legend "Children's Camp, 1952" (Hebrew), above the Tower of David, surround by the legend "Air force, Jerusalem". • Pin in the shape of an aircraft, with a Hebrew legend. • A round pin with an aircraft and a Hebrew legend: "To the children of Padon from the Airforce". • Israel Air Force Foundation – round pin, with a Star of David, set with blue and white enamel. • Air force cap badge – winged star, blank (proposal for a badge that was not accepted).
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
• Round pin. An aircraft is seen in the center, with the legend "Children's Camp, 1952" (Hebrew), above the Tower of David, surround by the legend "Air force, Jerusalem". • Pin in the shape of an aircraft, with a Hebrew legend. • A round pin with an aircraft and a Hebrew legend: "To the children of Padon from the Airforce". • Israel Air Force Foundation – round pin, with a Star of David, set with blue and white enamel. • Air force cap badge – winged star, blank (proposal for a badge that was not accepted).
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Nine pins for submarine flotilla soldiers.
Among them: • Three early pins – pin of a soldier in one of the early submarines. One pin is gold plated (commander's pin?). • Two pins given to soldiers with ten years seniority.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Among them: • Three early pins – pin of a soldier in one of the early submarines. One pin is gold plated (commander's pin?). • Two pins given to soldiers with ten years seniority.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $500
Unsold
Sixteen pins – municipalities and local councils in Israel.
• Tiberias municipality pin. • Tel-Aviv municipality pin. • Ramat-Gan municipality pin. • Or Yehudah municipality pin. • Migdal HaEmek Local Council pin. • Lod municipality – two pins. On top of one of them is a plaque with the engraving "Pakach" (supervisor). • Kadima local council pin. • Jerusalem municipality pin. • Holon municipality pin. • Herzliya municipality pin. • Haifa municipality pin. • Ashdod municipality – attendant pin. • "Nizanim" youth village pin. • Bat Yam municipal high school pin. • Ramat-Gan national park pin.
Enclosed: Button with emblem of Ramat-Gan municipality.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
• Tiberias municipality pin. • Tel-Aviv municipality pin. • Ramat-Gan municipality pin. • Or Yehudah municipality pin. • Migdal HaEmek Local Council pin. • Lod municipality – two pins. On top of one of them is a plaque with the engraving "Pakach" (supervisor). • Kadima local council pin. • Jerusalem municipality pin. • Holon municipality pin. • Herzliya municipality pin. • Haifa municipality pin. • Ashdod municipality – attendant pin. • "Nizanim" youth village pin. • Bat Yam municipal high school pin. • Ramat-Gan national park pin.
Enclosed: Button with emblem of Ramat-Gan municipality.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue