Five pins of combat and defense organizations. Palestine, [1930s and 1940s].
1. Pin of "HaMishmar HaNa" (the Mobile Guard), the mobile arm of the Jewish Settlement Police; a truck carrying a Louis submachine gun and the Hebrew legend "מ.י.ע. גדוד". [Late 1930s].
2. Palmach pin; two stalks of wheat and a sword, and the Hebrew legend "Pal-mach". [ca. 1948].
3. "The Winged Armored Vehicle" pin of the guards of the convoys to Jerusalem in the War on Independence [ca. 1948].
4. "Metzuda" pin, presumably of the Metzuda battalion of the Palmach which was active in Jerusalem; a fighter on the background of the city of Jerusalem and the Hebrew legend "Metzuda". [1948?]
5. "Mishmar HaAm" (The People's Guard) pin; two fighters (male and female) on the background of a Star of David and David's Tower, and the Hebrew legend "Mishmar HaAm". [1948].
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.