Online Auction 019 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Collection of Arab Medals – Medals with Views of the City of Acre, Military Medals that were Awarded to Fighters in the Wars against Israel, and More
Opening: $100
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
14 Arab medals, most of them military medals.
Among them: * Two medals awarded to fighters who protected Acre against the British Army in 1840. The medals depict the Citadel of Acre, the castle of Abdulmejid I, and bear Arabic legends. * A medal depicting the El-Jazzar Mosque in Acre. * A medal awarded, presumably, to Egyptian soldiers who fought in the War of Independence (with a relief depicting three soldiers and Palestinian refugees). * Medal marking the battles in Israel in 1948, with a map of Israel and above it a pair of swords, a church and a crescent. * Jordanian medal awarded to fighters in the Yom Kippur War. * And more.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Morton Leventhal Collection, New-York.
חפצים
Among them: * Two medals awarded to fighters who protected Acre against the British Army in 1840. The medals depict the Citadel of Acre, the castle of Abdulmejid I, and bear Arabic legends. * A medal depicting the El-Jazzar Mosque in Acre. * A medal awarded, presumably, to Egyptian soldiers who fought in the War of Independence (with a relief depicting three soldiers and Palestinian refugees). * Medal marking the battles in Israel in 1948, with a map of Israel and above it a pair of swords, a church and a crescent. * Jordanian medal awarded to fighters in the Yom Kippur War. * And more.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Morton Leventhal Collection, New-York.
חפצים
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Ephemera, Scrips and Share Certificates