Nine photographs of Jewish soldiers and officers in the Turkish Army during World War I. Istanbul, Prince Islands (Turkey), Jerusalem and other locations, ca. 1911-1919.
1-5. Five photographs of Avshalom Gissin (1896-1921), an officer in the Turkish Army who fell while defending Petach Tikva during the 1921 riots. The photographs are from the period during which he served in the Turkish Army, and they portray: Gissin as a cadet in Istanbul, 1913; Gissin with a group of soldiers on their way to the front, 1917; Gissin with Arthur Ruppin, Moshe Gvirzman (teacher in the Hebrew gymnasium) and "Dr. Levi" (presumably the Zionist activist Yitzchak Levi) in the Prince Islands (Turkey, 1917); and more. All the photographs are dedicated by Gissin, in his handwriting (in one of them appears a signature by another person).
6. Portrait photograph, dedicated on verso in handwriting to Avshalom Gissin, probably by a soldier who served with him in the Turkish army.
7. Photograph of Nachman Karniel, officer in the Turkish army who fought in the 1921 riots, in Kfar Tabor. Dedicated on verso to "Mr. Cherginsky" and signed "… Nachman Karniel", dated 1911, Jerusalem. Stamped on the margins with the ink-stamp of photographer Khalil Raad.
8. Photograph of Carmi Eisenberg, colonel in the Turkish Army and fighter in World War I, dedicated and signed on verso. Dated 1912, Istanbul.
9. Photograph of another Jewish soldier in Turkish Army uniform, dedicated and signed on verso. Dated 1919.
Eight of the photographs are divided on the back to be used as a postcard. One photograph is dedicated in handwriting, in French.
Size and condition vary. Average size: approx. 13.5X8.5 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Stains and blemishes (mostly at margins). One photograph has pinholes at margins and one photograph has an open tear at one corner (small). Some dedications appear on the front of the photographs.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.