Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Collection of Israeli Airforce Pins – Squadron Pins and Pins shaped like Israeli Airplanes
Opening: $50
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
About 40 Israeli Airforce pins. [Israel, 20th century].
Including: two pins marking 25 years of flight ("The Silver Wings"), a rare and early pin with the logo of the Talsam – the Transportation, Assault and Helicopters Unit (with the horse facing right), squadron pins (Knights of The Twin Tail, Knights of the Yellow Bird, The Negev Squadron, and more). Aircraft-shaped pins (Kfir, Mirage 3, Bell 212 Helicopter, and more), Aviation School pins ("Yessodot", "The Institute for Continuing Education", "Bismat") and additional pins.
Two copies of several of them.
Enclosed: Pin of "Volunteers of the Yishuv to the RAF, Fifty years to the Victory" and three pins of the "Analyst" company.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Including: two pins marking 25 years of flight ("The Silver Wings"), a rare and early pin with the logo of the Talsam – the Transportation, Assault and Helicopters Unit (with the horse facing right), squadron pins (Knights of The Twin Tail, Knights of the Yellow Bird, The Negev Squadron, and more). Aircraft-shaped pins (Kfir, Mirage 3, Bell 212 Helicopter, and more), Aviation School pins ("Yessodot", "The Institute for Continuing Education", "Bismat") and additional pins.
Two copies of several of them.
Enclosed: Pin of "Volunteers of the Yishuv to the RAF, Fifty years to the Victory" and three pins of the "Analyst" company.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.