Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Collection of Emblem Buttons – The Hagana, Israel Police, the Somerfin Israeli Shipping Company, and More
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Seventeen buttons with embossed emblems. [Israel, second half of the 20th century].
Eight buttons with the emblem of the Hagana, five buttons with the emblem of the Israel Police and several buttons with the emblem of the Israeli Post, the Somerfin Israeli shipping company (with the names of the ships Bilu and Nili), the Israeli Navy (an old badge) and the emblem of the State of Israel with the legend "Courts" (Hebrew).
Two of them with the manufacturer's name on verso: "Kretschmer Jerusalem" and "Murro Jerusalem".
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Eight buttons with the emblem of the Hagana, five buttons with the emblem of the Israel Police and several buttons with the emblem of the Israeli Post, the Somerfin Israeli shipping company (with the names of the ships Bilu and Nili), the Israeli Navy (an old badge) and the emblem of the State of Israel with the legend "Courts" (Hebrew).
Two of them with the manufacturer's name on verso: "Kretschmer Jerusalem" and "Murro Jerusalem".
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.