Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $1,200
Unsold
Approx. 65 documents, certificates, photographs and paper items, which had belonged to Edward Mitchel Oliphant, a soldier of the Royal Scots Fusiliers who took part in the Gallipoli Campaign and the battle for Palestine. Various places in Sinai, Palestine and the Middle East, the second decade of the 20th century. English.
• Approx. 25 documents and paper items documenting Oliphant's service during World War I: a long, interesting letter sent by Oliphant to his mother several days after the Gallipoli defeat with a documentation of the last days of the campaign; three official orders-of-the-day from august 1916 – greetings on the soldiers' successes in the battles in Sinai; a military brochure for the New Year – 1918, with a summary of the events of the passing year, the conquest of Palestine and the conquest of Jerusalem; Oliphant's Officer's Record of Services, with his personal details, the positions he held and additional information; and more.
• Approx. 40 photographs documenting the war and Oliphant's military service (most of them arranged in an album): English soldiers riding camels before the Sphinx and the Pyramids in Egypt; various photographs of the movement of the forces; digging pits in the desert; the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem; photographic portraits of soldiers of various units; a set of ten photographs documenting the conquest of Palestine (the first forces entering Jerusalem, General Allenby reading the "Jerusalem Proclamation", Turkish cavalry, Turkish mechanics and more. Enclosed is a printed note with a list of the photographs); and more.
Enclosed: approx. 45 photographs from earlier and later periods (most of them arranged in an album and some of them loose); approx. 30 paper items from the time after the war (including decorations and certificates, official military letters, booklets printed to commemorate the fallen and more).
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
• Approx. 25 documents and paper items documenting Oliphant's service during World War I: a long, interesting letter sent by Oliphant to his mother several days after the Gallipoli defeat with a documentation of the last days of the campaign; three official orders-of-the-day from august 1916 – greetings on the soldiers' successes in the battles in Sinai; a military brochure for the New Year – 1918, with a summary of the events of the passing year, the conquest of Palestine and the conquest of Jerusalem; Oliphant's Officer's Record of Services, with his personal details, the positions he held and additional information; and more.
• Approx. 40 photographs documenting the war and Oliphant's military service (most of them arranged in an album): English soldiers riding camels before the Sphinx and the Pyramids in Egypt; various photographs of the movement of the forces; digging pits in the desert; the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem; photographic portraits of soldiers of various units; a set of ten photographs documenting the conquest of Palestine (the first forces entering Jerusalem, General Allenby reading the "Jerusalem Proclamation", Turkish cavalry, Turkish mechanics and more. Enclosed is a printed note with a list of the photographs); and more.
Enclosed: approx. 45 photographs from earlier and later periods (most of them arranged in an album and some of them loose); approx. 30 paper items from the time after the war (including decorations and certificates, official military letters, booklets printed to commemorate the fallen and more).
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $2,500
Including buyer's premium
Military Handbook on Palestine. Second provisional edition, March 10, 1917. Cairo: Government Press, 1917. English.
Military handbook (classified as "secret" on the front cover and title page), printed for the soldiers of the British army before the conquest of Palestine. The handbook contains chapters on the climate, the population, a list of water sources, a list of railway routes and stations, buildings suitable for lodging soldiers during battle, common diseases, Turkish money, weights and measures, and more. It is accompanied by thirteen maps of Palestine, some of them in color (two of them large and placed in a pocket on the back cover).
Not in OCLC or NLI.
VIII, 222, [1] pp + [11] maps (some of them folded) and [2] folded maps in a pocket on the back cover, approx. 18 cm. Good condition. Several pages and some of the maps are stained, creased and have minor blemishes. Long tears to one of the large maps, mostly along fold lines. Worn and slightly rubbed cover.
Military handbook (classified as "secret" on the front cover and title page), printed for the soldiers of the British army before the conquest of Palestine. The handbook contains chapters on the climate, the population, a list of water sources, a list of railway routes and stations, buildings suitable for lodging soldiers during battle, common diseases, Turkish money, weights and measures, and more. It is accompanied by thirteen maps of Palestine, some of them in color (two of them large and placed in a pocket on the back cover).
Not in OCLC or NLI.
VIII, 222, [1] pp + [11] maps (some of them folded) and [2] folded maps in a pocket on the back cover, approx. 18 cm. Good condition. Several pages and some of the maps are stained, creased and have minor blemishes. Long tears to one of the large maps, mostly along fold lines. Worn and slightly rubbed cover.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $300
Sold for: $2,000
Including buyer's premium
Exhibition of Palestine crafts and industries held in the Citadel, Jerusalem. [Jerusalem]: No publisher indicated, [1922]. English.
Catalog of the exhibition of Palestine crafts and industries held in the Tower of David in Jerusalem in April 1922. The catalog contains a list of the exhibits and advertisements for companies and businesses in Palestine. Cover illustration by Ze'ev Raban.
16, XXVIII pp, 32 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Creases and several tears (tear in the center of one of the leaves, partly reinforced with tape). Colored pencil marking on the last page. Damaged and detached cover (the front and back covers are detached one from the other). Stains and tears to cover, slightly affecting the illustration. Two tears are reinforced with tape.
Catalog of the exhibition of Palestine crafts and industries held in the Tower of David in Jerusalem in April 1922. The catalog contains a list of the exhibits and advertisements for companies and businesses in Palestine. Cover illustration by Ze'ev Raban.
16, XXVIII pp, 32 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Creases and several tears (tear in the center of one of the leaves, partly reinforced with tape). Colored pencil marking on the last page. Damaged and detached cover (the front and back covers are detached one from the other). Stains and tears to cover, slightly affecting the illustration. Two tears are reinforced with tape.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Draft Mandates for Mesopotamia and Palestine, as Submitted for the Approval of the League of Nations. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921. English.
A booklet containing the draft mandates for Mesopotamia and Palestine, submitted for the approval of the Council of the League of Nations by Lord Balfour on December 7, 1920.
The Mandate for Palestine includes 27 articles relating, among other things, to the following: creating the political and economic conditions that will enable the establishment of a national home for the Jewish nation while maintaining the civil and religious rights of all the residents of the country; allocating lands for Jewish settlement; creating a functioning governance system – laws, economics, foreign relations, maintaining the public order, protecting the holy places, protecting the freedom of conscience and freedom of religion; ensuring the status of English, Hebrew and Arabic as official languages; and more.
Formulating the Mandate for Palestine took two years and on July 24, 1922, after corrections and revisions, it was accepted by the Council of the League of Nations and became an internationally binding document.
9 pp, approx. 33.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Creases. Horizontal fold line on all the leaves. Tears along edges (including several open tears, not affecting text). The first and last leaves are detached.
A booklet containing the draft mandates for Mesopotamia and Palestine, submitted for the approval of the Council of the League of Nations by Lord Balfour on December 7, 1920.
The Mandate for Palestine includes 27 articles relating, among other things, to the following: creating the political and economic conditions that will enable the establishment of a national home for the Jewish nation while maintaining the civil and religious rights of all the residents of the country; allocating lands for Jewish settlement; creating a functioning governance system – laws, economics, foreign relations, maintaining the public order, protecting the holy places, protecting the freedom of conscience and freedom of religion; ensuring the status of English, Hebrew and Arabic as official languages; and more.
Formulating the Mandate for Palestine took two years and on July 24, 1922, after corrections and revisions, it was accepted by the Council of the League of Nations and became an internationally binding document.
9 pp, approx. 33.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Creases. Horizontal fold line on all the leaves. Tears along edges (including several open tears, not affecting text). The first and last leaves are detached.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $700
Unsold
A proclamation issued by H.C. Luke (Harry Charles Luke), the "Officer Administering the Government" on behalf of the British Mandate government. Jerusalem: Greek Conv. Press, August 25, 1929. English, Arabic and Hebrew.
A trilingual proclamation from the third day of the 1929 Palestine Riots dealing with maintaining public order: "I give notice to the public of Palestine that His Majesty's Forces are operating in the country with the sole object of quelling the present disturbances and promptly restoring order. Exceptional measures of repression will be avoided so far as possible, but the troops will not hesitate to use force against all disturbers of the peace without distinction".
Harry Charles Luke was the chief secretary of the Mandate government in Palestine and replaced the High Commissioner during the 1929 Palestine Riots. The Jewish Yishuv considered Luke as one of the factors responsible for the Riots and their disturbing consequences.
50X70 cm. Good condition. Fold lines and creases. Minor stains. Small tears and holes along edges and fold lines.
A trilingual proclamation from the third day of the 1929 Palestine Riots dealing with maintaining public order: "I give notice to the public of Palestine that His Majesty's Forces are operating in the country with the sole object of quelling the present disturbances and promptly restoring order. Exceptional measures of repression will be avoided so far as possible, but the troops will not hesitate to use force against all disturbers of the peace without distinction".
Harry Charles Luke was the chief secretary of the Mandate government in Palestine and replaced the High Commissioner during the 1929 Palestine Riots. The Jewish Yishuv considered Luke as one of the factors responsible for the Riots and their disturbing consequences.
50X70 cm. Good condition. Fold lines and creases. Minor stains. Small tears and holes along edges and fold lines.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $3,000
Including buyer's premium
Approx. 180 broadsides, notebooks, letters, labels and other items pertaining to the Jewish Brigade and the enlistment of the Yishuv in the British army. 1940s (several items are from later years), various places in Europe and Palestine. Hebrew and English (several items are in other languages).
The collection contains: • Stamps and paper labels with propaganda slogans and illustrations encouraging enlistment (some of them on envelopes). • Broadsides and announcements on the subject of enlistment, issued by various organizations (The Jewish Agency, "The Committee for the Enlistment of the Yishuv", "The Federation of Revisionist Zionists", "The Public Enlistment Committee", and more). • Letters, including letters by soldiers of the Jewish Brigade (some of them on the official stationery of the Brigade), greeting letters from Palestine to the soldiers (some of them illustrated by hand), induction orders to the British army issued by the Jewish Agency, and more. • Booklets and certificates for soldiers and veterans (some of them with the soldiers' pictures). • Two cloth sacks with prints, a Passover gift for Jewish soldiers (presumably, originally contained Matzahs). • "Victory Souvenir", a donation certificate in the amount one Lira for the veterans of the Jewish Brigade.• And more.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
The collection contains: • Stamps and paper labels with propaganda slogans and illustrations encouraging enlistment (some of them on envelopes). • Broadsides and announcements on the subject of enlistment, issued by various organizations (The Jewish Agency, "The Committee for the Enlistment of the Yishuv", "The Federation of Revisionist Zionists", "The Public Enlistment Committee", and more). • Letters, including letters by soldiers of the Jewish Brigade (some of them on the official stationery of the Brigade), greeting letters from Palestine to the soldiers (some of them illustrated by hand), induction orders to the British army issued by the Jewish Agency, and more. • Booklets and certificates for soldiers and veterans (some of them with the soldiers' pictures). • Two cloth sacks with prints, a Passover gift for Jewish soldiers (presumably, originally contained Matzahs). • "Victory Souvenir", a donation certificate in the amount one Lira for the veterans of the Jewish Brigade.• And more.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $800
Unsold
Collection of booklets and journals of Jewish units in the British army. The first half of the 1940s.
Approx. 40 booklets and journals, most of them typewritten and mimeographed, printed for various Jewish units in the British army, including the Jewish Brigade and transport companies. The journals provide much information about the activity of the units, the battles and the lives of the Jewish soldiers in Europe. Some of them are accompanied by illustrations.
The collection contains:
• "Basha'ar" (At the Gate), internal booklet no. 3, 1941 – a booklet encouraging students to enlist in the British army. • Journals of No. 5 Water Tank Coy. R.A.S.C; 462 General Transport Coy. R.A.S.C; company 553, R.A.O.C; 178 General Transport Coy. R.A.S.C; and other companies. • Issue no. 3 of the journal of the 1st Palestinian Light Anti-Aircraft Battery. Merchavya, 1943. One of the articles in the issue deals with the need to enlist and fight for the Jewish Yishuv in face of the news about the destruction of European Jewry. • Issues 4-5 of "Bama'avak" (In the Struggle), the journal of the Jewish Brigade. Belgium, 1945. • A volume compiling various journals and leaflets; most of them of the Jewish transport companies. • and more.
A total of approx. 40 items (some of them bound together). Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Approx. 40 booklets and journals, most of them typewritten and mimeographed, printed for various Jewish units in the British army, including the Jewish Brigade and transport companies. The journals provide much information about the activity of the units, the battles and the lives of the Jewish soldiers in Europe. Some of them are accompanied by illustrations.
The collection contains:
• "Basha'ar" (At the Gate), internal booklet no. 3, 1941 – a booklet encouraging students to enlist in the British army. • Journals of No. 5 Water Tank Coy. R.A.S.C; 462 General Transport Coy. R.A.S.C; company 553, R.A.O.C; 178 General Transport Coy. R.A.S.C; and other companies. • Issue no. 3 of the journal of the 1st Palestinian Light Anti-Aircraft Battery. Merchavya, 1943. One of the articles in the issue deals with the need to enlist and fight for the Jewish Yishuv in face of the news about the destruction of European Jewry. • Issues 4-5 of "Bama'avak" (In the Struggle), the journal of the Jewish Brigade. Belgium, 1945. • A volume compiling various journals and leaflets; most of them of the Jewish transport companies. • and more.
A total of approx. 40 items (some of them bound together). Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $400
Unsold
A typewritten and mimeographed booklet marking the anniversary of the sinking of SS Erinpura which carried hundreds of soldiers of the 462nd Transport Company of the British Army. Published by the 462nd Transport Company, May 1, 1944.
A booklet commemorating the soldiers of the 462nd Transport Company, volunteers of the Jewish Yishuv in the British Army, who perished with the sinking of the SS Erinpura on their way to Malta, before the invasion of the Allies to Sicily. The booklet was printed by the surviving members of the company to mark the anniversary of the sinking of the ship. It contains a list of the members of the company who perished at sea, alongside testimony by one of the survivors, a short tribute by company commander Major Harry Yoffe, and additional texts.
Enclosed are three leaves of the newspaper "A Missive to the Male and Female Soldiers" issued by the executive committee of the Histadrut Labor Federation (June 1943 / May 1944), which contain articles about the 462nd Transport Company and the sinking disaster. One of the articles covers a memorial service the company held on the anniversary of the sinking of the Erinpura, noting that "the company published a special booklet in their memory that was distributed among the participants" (presumably, referring to the booklet before us).
On April 29, 1943, the SS Erinpura sailed from the port of Alexandria towards the island of Malta as part of a maritime convoy of 27 ships carrying equipment and supplies for the British army and 11 warships – a convoy that was supposed to take part in the invasion of Sicily. On board of the Erinpura were more than 300 officers and soldiers of the 462nd Transport Company, two companies of soldiers from South Africa, crewmen from India and several dozens of British people. On Saturday, May 1, 1943, two days after departure, the convoy was bombed by 12 German bombers. One of the bombs hit the Erinpura directly, leading to its sinking within minutes. Approx. 140 soldiers of the 462nd Transport Company drowned or were hit by machine gun fire. The survivors were brought back to Tripoli and Benghazi and then sent on leave to Palestine.
Booklet: 13 leaves, in a transparent nylon cover (new), 16.5X22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming. Tears and open tears along the edges of the leaves, most of them restored. Enclosed leaves: 25 cm. Numerous stains. Small tears, holes and filing holes.
The booklet is not in NLI.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
A booklet commemorating the soldiers of the 462nd Transport Company, volunteers of the Jewish Yishuv in the British Army, who perished with the sinking of the SS Erinpura on their way to Malta, before the invasion of the Allies to Sicily. The booklet was printed by the surviving members of the company to mark the anniversary of the sinking of the ship. It contains a list of the members of the company who perished at sea, alongside testimony by one of the survivors, a short tribute by company commander Major Harry Yoffe, and additional texts.
Enclosed are three leaves of the newspaper "A Missive to the Male and Female Soldiers" issued by the executive committee of the Histadrut Labor Federation (June 1943 / May 1944), which contain articles about the 462nd Transport Company and the sinking disaster. One of the articles covers a memorial service the company held on the anniversary of the sinking of the Erinpura, noting that "the company published a special booklet in their memory that was distributed among the participants" (presumably, referring to the booklet before us).
On April 29, 1943, the SS Erinpura sailed from the port of Alexandria towards the island of Malta as part of a maritime convoy of 27 ships carrying equipment and supplies for the British army and 11 warships – a convoy that was supposed to take part in the invasion of Sicily. On board of the Erinpura were more than 300 officers and soldiers of the 462nd Transport Company, two companies of soldiers from South Africa, crewmen from India and several dozens of British people. On Saturday, May 1, 1943, two days after departure, the convoy was bombed by 12 German bombers. One of the bombs hit the Erinpura directly, leading to its sinking within minutes. Approx. 140 soldiers of the 462nd Transport Company drowned or were hit by machine gun fire. The survivors were brought back to Tripoli and Benghazi and then sent on leave to Palestine.
Booklet: 13 leaves, in a transparent nylon cover (new), 16.5X22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming. Tears and open tears along the edges of the leaves, most of them restored. Enclosed leaves: 25 cm. Numerous stains. Small tears, holes and filing holes.
The booklet is not in NLI.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
An embroidered flag, approx. 300 letters and 26 photographs which had belonged to Ya'akov Bernstein, a soldier of the Palestine Regiment of the British Army. Various places in Palestine, North Africa and Europe, 1943-1946.
The Palestine Regiment was established in August 1942 as a mixed unit of Palestinian Jews and Arabs. In contrast to the volunteers' expectations, they were forbidden to carry national or Jewish symbols and its members were employed on guard duty far from the battlefield. In protest, the soldiers of the "Hebrew Battalion" of the Regiment (the unofficial name of the second battalion, which was composed of Jewish volunteers only) decided to raise the blue-and-white flag above the soldiers' tents, disregarding the British orders. The soldiers of the battalion were arrested; eventually, however, the British decided to comply with their demands, train them for combat and establish a Jewish force with national symbols – the Jewish Brigade. Before us is a collection of items which had belonged to a soldier of the regiment:
1. A Zionist flag – two stripes and a blue Star of David on white background. Embroidered on the flag in golden lettering: "The second Hebrew battalion, PLH, the Palestinian infantry" (Hebrew).
Approx. 100X134 cm. Good condition. Fold lines, stains and several small holes.
2. Approx. 300 handwritten letters (Hebrew), sent by Bernstein to a woman named Yael Judenfreud in Haifa, between the years 1943-1946. Most of the letters deal with personal matters, and some refer to military, national or historical matters: Jewish holidays, military activity, the establishment of camps, the ship voyage to Italy, the local population and the cities after the war, and additional subjects. Several letters were written on official regiment stationery.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. The letters have punch holes and are bound together with string (some are detached). Creases, stains, blemishes and minor tears.
3. 26 photographs: military vehicles, tent camp, military cemetery, sites and figures in the Middle East and other sights.
Approx. 6.5X4.5 cm to 6X8.5 cm. Good overall condition.
The Palestine Regiment was established in August 1942 as a mixed unit of Palestinian Jews and Arabs. In contrast to the volunteers' expectations, they were forbidden to carry national or Jewish symbols and its members were employed on guard duty far from the battlefield. In protest, the soldiers of the "Hebrew Battalion" of the Regiment (the unofficial name of the second battalion, which was composed of Jewish volunteers only) decided to raise the blue-and-white flag above the soldiers' tents, disregarding the British orders. The soldiers of the battalion were arrested; eventually, however, the British decided to comply with their demands, train them for combat and establish a Jewish force with national symbols – the Jewish Brigade. Before us is a collection of items which had belonged to a soldier of the regiment:
1. A Zionist flag – two stripes and a blue Star of David on white background. Embroidered on the flag in golden lettering: "The second Hebrew battalion, PLH, the Palestinian infantry" (Hebrew).
Approx. 100X134 cm. Good condition. Fold lines, stains and several small holes.
2. Approx. 300 handwritten letters (Hebrew), sent by Bernstein to a woman named Yael Judenfreud in Haifa, between the years 1943-1946. Most of the letters deal with personal matters, and some refer to military, national or historical matters: Jewish holidays, military activity, the establishment of camps, the ship voyage to Italy, the local population and the cities after the war, and additional subjects. Several letters were written on official regiment stationery.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. The letters have punch holes and are bound together with string (some are detached). Creases, stains, blemishes and minor tears.
3. 26 photographs: military vehicles, tent camp, military cemetery, sites and figures in the Middle East and other sights.
Approx. 6.5X4.5 cm to 6X8.5 cm. Good overall condition.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $2,500
Unsold
Approx. 45 "Shanah Tovah" (Happy New Year) greeting cards by the soldiers of the Palestine Regiment and the Jewish Brigade and female soldiers of the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service). Late 1942 to late 1946.
Most of the cards bear the emblem or name of the unit, company or corps to which the writer had belonged – usually accompanied by a Star of David – and a short greeting for the New Year. On several of the cards, maps, illustrations or photographs were printed, some of them are simple and symbolic while others are detailed and well-executed, reflecting the technical means that were at the disposal of the unit. Many units and companies which served in a variety of capacities and fronts in the Middle East and in Europe are represented in this collection. Some of the cards note the location as "somewhere".
When the Jewish volunteers from Palestine served in the Palestine Regiment, before the establishment of the Jewish Brigade in September 1944, unofficial emblems were designed by the soldiers of the Jewish battalions themselves in order to emphasize their identity as Jewish soldiers and challenge the military authorities, which forbade the soldiers to carry Jewish flags and emblems. The emblems appeared on unofficial publications such as "Shanah Tovah" greeting cards and Haggadot, and to a certain extent, met the need of the Jewish soldiers from Palestine for self-identity and a flag.
Enclosed:
1. Printed "Shanah Tovah" postcard for the soldiers of the 88th infantry division of the USA army. Gorizia (Italy), the eve of Rosh Hashanah 1946.
2. Photographic "Shanah Tovah" greeting card from the DP camp of Grottaferrata in Italy. On the card, a montage of Jewish soldiers, a map of Palestine, the Arch of Titus and a sculpture of Moses, alongside Hebrew greetings of Happy New Year and "Long Live our homeland Israel!" (Hebrew). Late 1948.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Most of the cards bear the emblem or name of the unit, company or corps to which the writer had belonged – usually accompanied by a Star of David – and a short greeting for the New Year. On several of the cards, maps, illustrations or photographs were printed, some of them are simple and symbolic while others are detailed and well-executed, reflecting the technical means that were at the disposal of the unit. Many units and companies which served in a variety of capacities and fronts in the Middle East and in Europe are represented in this collection. Some of the cards note the location as "somewhere".
When the Jewish volunteers from Palestine served in the Palestine Regiment, before the establishment of the Jewish Brigade in September 1944, unofficial emblems were designed by the soldiers of the Jewish battalions themselves in order to emphasize their identity as Jewish soldiers and challenge the military authorities, which forbade the soldiers to carry Jewish flags and emblems. The emblems appeared on unofficial publications such as "Shanah Tovah" greeting cards and Haggadot, and to a certain extent, met the need of the Jewish soldiers from Palestine for self-identity and a flag.
Enclosed:
1. Printed "Shanah Tovah" postcard for the soldiers of the 88th infantry division of the USA army. Gorizia (Italy), the eve of Rosh Hashanah 1946.
2. Photographic "Shanah Tovah" greeting card from the DP camp of Grottaferrata in Italy. On the card, a montage of Jewish soldiers, a map of Palestine, the Arch of Titus and a sculpture of Moses, alongside Hebrew greetings of Happy New Year and "Long Live our homeland Israel!" (Hebrew). Late 1948.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $1,800
Unsold
Approx. 290 items, including letters and receipts, stamps, labels, leaflets, tickets and other paper items issued within the framework of the "Kofer HaYishuv" (Community Ransom) taxation fund. Palestine, 1938-1948.
A large, varied collection of paper items documenting the "Kofer HaYishuv" (Community Ransom) fund – a taxation fund for financing the defense and security needs of the Jewish settlement in Palestine, founded by the Jewish National Council and active during the last decade of the British Mandate for Palestine. The fund raised money by imposing indirect taxes on imported goods, public transport tickets, and various products; it was in fact a voluntary tax paid by the Jews of Palestine along with the taxes they were obligated to pay to the British Mandate government. The funds collected were used to train soldiers, to establish Tower and Stockade ("Homa u'Migdal") settlements and for additional security and defense needs.
The present collection contains:
• More than 200 receipts, labels, stamps and other paper items documenting the taxes imposed by "Kofer HaYishuv" – "Kofer HaYishuv" labels, including "Coffee shop and restaurant labels", "Kerosene label", "Smoker label" (labels that were attached to cigarette packets and match boxes), and more; a "Chocolate tax for the community ransom" stamp sheet and additional stamps; public transportation tickets ("Egged", "Kesher", "Aviv" and "haMa'avir"), with inked stamps indicating the tax had been paid; stamps, paper labels and receipts for importing agricultural products ("Community ransom – the allocation of agricultural import"); receipts, letters and envelopes with stamps and inked stamps of "Kofer HaYishuv"; a "Kofer HaYishuv" coin and more. Several of the items were issued by other, parallel enterprises – "Mas Herum", "Tav Magen" and "Magbit Hahitgaysut".
• Propaganda booklets and leaflets, including: an "Egged" schedule, with a text about "Kofer HaYishuv"; a small color poster; a rhymed children's story about "Kofer HaYishuv" by Emanuel Harussi, with illustrations by Nachum Gutman (Tel-Aviv, 1940); and more.
• Documents, letters, memorandums and printed leaflets, including: two leaflets of "News, the national secretariat of community ransom" (Hebrew), with a review of the activity for "Kofer HaYishuv" throughout the country; a copy of a letter by the Ramat-Gan branch of the Union of Zionist Revisionists in Palestine, to the management of the local council, in which they object to paying the "Kofer HaYishuv tax for public transportation" (February 1939); a letter on the official stationery of "the Yishuv committee by the national Council, the defense committee – community ransom" (Hebrew), about encouraging consumers to buy from importers who pay the tax; correspondence between the central presidency of the "Kofer HaYishuv" and the Union of Farmers in Palestine, the committee of the Moshava Har Tuv, the Petach-Tikvah municipality, and others; and more.
• A proclamation prohibiting support of "Kofer HaYishuv", signed in print by Rabbi Yosef Zvi Dushinsky and the rabbis of the Ashkenazic and Sephardic communities of Jerusalem.
A total of approx. 290 items. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
A large, varied collection of paper items documenting the "Kofer HaYishuv" (Community Ransom) fund – a taxation fund for financing the defense and security needs of the Jewish settlement in Palestine, founded by the Jewish National Council and active during the last decade of the British Mandate for Palestine. The fund raised money by imposing indirect taxes on imported goods, public transport tickets, and various products; it was in fact a voluntary tax paid by the Jews of Palestine along with the taxes they were obligated to pay to the British Mandate government. The funds collected were used to train soldiers, to establish Tower and Stockade ("Homa u'Migdal") settlements and for additional security and defense needs.
The present collection contains:
• More than 200 receipts, labels, stamps and other paper items documenting the taxes imposed by "Kofer HaYishuv" – "Kofer HaYishuv" labels, including "Coffee shop and restaurant labels", "Kerosene label", "Smoker label" (labels that were attached to cigarette packets and match boxes), and more; a "Chocolate tax for the community ransom" stamp sheet and additional stamps; public transportation tickets ("Egged", "Kesher", "Aviv" and "haMa'avir"), with inked stamps indicating the tax had been paid; stamps, paper labels and receipts for importing agricultural products ("Community ransom – the allocation of agricultural import"); receipts, letters and envelopes with stamps and inked stamps of "Kofer HaYishuv"; a "Kofer HaYishuv" coin and more. Several of the items were issued by other, parallel enterprises – "Mas Herum", "Tav Magen" and "Magbit Hahitgaysut".
• Propaganda booklets and leaflets, including: an "Egged" schedule, with a text about "Kofer HaYishuv"; a small color poster; a rhymed children's story about "Kofer HaYishuv" by Emanuel Harussi, with illustrations by Nachum Gutman (Tel-Aviv, 1940); and more.
• Documents, letters, memorandums and printed leaflets, including: two leaflets of "News, the national secretariat of community ransom" (Hebrew), with a review of the activity for "Kofer HaYishuv" throughout the country; a copy of a letter by the Ramat-Gan branch of the Union of Zionist Revisionists in Palestine, to the management of the local council, in which they object to paying the "Kofer HaYishuv tax for public transportation" (February 1939); a letter on the official stationery of "the Yishuv committee by the national Council, the defense committee – community ransom" (Hebrew), about encouraging consumers to buy from importers who pay the tax; correspondence between the central presidency of the "Kofer HaYishuv" and the Union of Farmers in Palestine, the committee of the Moshava Har Tuv, the Petach-Tikvah municipality, and others; and more.
• A proclamation prohibiting support of "Kofer HaYishuv", signed in print by Rabbi Yosef Zvi Dushinsky and the rabbis of the Ashkenazic and Sephardic communities of Jerusalem.
A total of approx. 290 items. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $600
Unsold
Collection of labels, receipts, stamps and other paper items of fundraising campaigns in Palestine/Israel, including items of "Magbit HaHitgaysut" (Mobilization Fund), "Magbit LeHatzala VeAliya" (Rescue and Immigration Fund), and more. [1940s-1950s].
Among the items: • 18 "Fighting Nation Tax" stickers for windshields, 1943-1945. The stickers read "has fulfilled his obligation to the Mobilization Fund of the Yishuv" [the Mobilization Fund, "Magbit HaHitgaysut", which operated in the Yishuv in Palestine since 1942, raised funds for the Yishuv's volunteers to the British army and for their families. When the goals of the fund were broadened to include assistance to Holocaust survivors, its name was changed to "Mobilization and Rescue Fund" (Magbit HaHitgaysut V'HaHatzala)]. • "To Every Household in the Yishuv", a brochure issued by "The National Committee of the Mobilization and Rescue Fund" announcing the fundraising campaign "For the Besieged Nation" (1946). • Certificates and receipts for participating in the fundraising campaign "For the Besieged Nation" and the campaign of "Tax for Our protection". • Several donation cards, including the "Blue Card" for a donation to "The Office for Social Aid to the Immigrant" and a donation card "For Social Aid to Immigrants from Germany". Mounted on the inside of the cards are stamps of various denominations given against the donations. • Three stamp sheets – "Immigration to Palestine Stamp". • Donation labels to the fundraising campaign of "Rescue and Immigration" and a proof of one of the labels. • Labels of WIZO, "For the Child Fund and Training Women and Immigrants" (with a typographical error on one of the labels).
A total of approx. 60 items. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Among the items: • 18 "Fighting Nation Tax" stickers for windshields, 1943-1945. The stickers read "has fulfilled his obligation to the Mobilization Fund of the Yishuv" [the Mobilization Fund, "Magbit HaHitgaysut", which operated in the Yishuv in Palestine since 1942, raised funds for the Yishuv's volunteers to the British army and for their families. When the goals of the fund were broadened to include assistance to Holocaust survivors, its name was changed to "Mobilization and Rescue Fund" (Magbit HaHitgaysut V'HaHatzala)]. • "To Every Household in the Yishuv", a brochure issued by "The National Committee of the Mobilization and Rescue Fund" announcing the fundraising campaign "For the Besieged Nation" (1946). • Certificates and receipts for participating in the fundraising campaign "For the Besieged Nation" and the campaign of "Tax for Our protection". • Several donation cards, including the "Blue Card" for a donation to "The Office for Social Aid to the Immigrant" and a donation card "For Social Aid to Immigrants from Germany". Mounted on the inside of the cards are stamps of various denominations given against the donations. • Three stamp sheets – "Immigration to Palestine Stamp". • Donation labels to the fundraising campaign of "Rescue and Immigration" and a proof of one of the labels. • Labels of WIZO, "For the Child Fund and Training Women and Immigrants" (with a typographical error on one of the labels).
A total of approx. 60 items. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
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