Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Varied Collection of Pins – Israeli Airforce
Opening: $50
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
About 40 Israeli Airforce pins. [Israel, second half of the 20th century].
Varied collection of Israeli Airforce pins, most of them of various squadrons and units: Special Observations Scout (Tatzam) pin; Missile Experiments Unit (Yanat); the Night Leaders Squadron; the Light Helicopter Squadron; the "Unbreakable Bond" communication system; and more. Several of the pins in the collection are early and uncommon: The Haifa Technical School jet aircraft mechanics course of study pin; early Bat Squadron pin (with seven stars); personal merit badge with the legend "From your unit with appreciation, Israeli Airforce" (Hebrew), embossed with the air force logo surrounded by earphones; and more.
Enclosed: a RAF winged pin and two "Yishuv Volunteers to the RAF, Fifty years since the Victory" pins.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Varied collection of Israeli Airforce pins, most of them of various squadrons and units: Special Observations Scout (Tatzam) pin; Missile Experiments Unit (Yanat); the Night Leaders Squadron; the Light Helicopter Squadron; the "Unbreakable Bond" communication system; and more. Several of the pins in the collection are early and uncommon: The Haifa Technical School jet aircraft mechanics course of study pin; early Bat Squadron pin (with seven stars); personal merit badge with the legend "From your unit with appreciation, Israeli Airforce" (Hebrew), embossed with the air force logo surrounded by earphones; and more.
Enclosed: a RAF winged pin and two "Yishuv Volunteers to the RAF, Fifty years since the Victory" pins.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.