Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Two Photographs – "The Jewish Legion" – Photograph by Ya'akov Ben-Dov, with a Dedication by One of the Soldiers of the Legion
Opening: $100
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Two photographs of soldiers of the Jewish Legion in Palestine. Tulkarm and Ben-Shemen, 1919.
1. A photograph of the orchestra of the Jewish legion leading a long line of soldiers. Captioned in the plate: "The orchestra in Ben Shemen" (Hebrew).
2. Group photograph of the soldiers of the Legion in a tent camp. Dated on verso "25.2.1919", "Tulkarm", and deciated: "to my dear teacher Abba Kutner, a souvenir from his student Sperber [?], a soldier of the returning legion" (Hebrew).
On the front of the picture, one of the soldiers is marked and beneath him there is an additional inscription (partly erased). Stamped with the stamp of the photographer Ya'akov Ben-Dov.
Approx. 14X9 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Small holes in the upper margins of one of the photographs.
1. A photograph of the orchestra of the Jewish legion leading a long line of soldiers. Captioned in the plate: "The orchestra in Ben Shemen" (Hebrew).
2. Group photograph of the soldiers of the Legion in a tent camp. Dated on verso "25.2.1919", "Tulkarm", and deciated: "to my dear teacher Abba Kutner, a souvenir from his student Sperber [?], a soldier of the returning legion" (Hebrew).
On the front of the picture, one of the soldiers is marked and beneath him there is an additional inscription (partly erased). Stamped with the stamp of the photographer Ya'akov Ben-Dov.
Approx. 14X9 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Small holes in the upper margins of one of the photographs.
Jewish Enlistment to the British Army – WWI and WWII
Jewish Enlistment to the British Army – WWI and WWII